Campus life

What a Wednesday looks like

Twenty-six acres, forty clubs, and an afternoon a week with nothing academic timetabled against them.
Around the site

The buildings

The library
The libraryOpen until six, staffed until five
Science block
Science blockThree labs and a prep room
Arts wing
Arts wingStudios, kiln and a darkroom
Playing fields
Playing fieldsTwelve acres, four pitches
Computing
ComputingTwo suites and a maker space
The hall
The hallSeats 400; used daily
Wednesdays

Forty clubs, and time to attend them

Nothing academic is timetabled on a Wednesday afternoon, so nobody has to choose between the orchestra and a maths set.
  • Rugby, netball and hockey
  • Cycling and orienteering
  • Orchestra, three choirs, jazz band
  • Drama and technical theatre
  • Ceramics, textiles, photography
  • Robotics and coding club
  • Model United Nations
  • Conservation and the school farm
  • Debating and public speaking
  • First aid and lifesaving
  • Film club and the school paper
  • Duke of Edinburgh, all three levels
Six coach routes, and a late room
Getting here

Six coach routes, and a late room

Coaches run from the town and eleven villages, supervised by staff rather than contracted out. The late room is staffed until six and costs nothing.
  • Six routes, morning and evening
  • Supervised by our own staff
  • Late room until six, at no charge
  • Breakfast club from 7.30
See the routes and times

Come on a Wednesday

It is the day the school looks most like itself. Visits welcome from two o'clock.