- In 2024 the author and former pupil Louis de Bernières opened the college’s new St Andrew's Study Centre, which features a presentation space with tiered seating and a mezzanine and seminar room for group discussions.
- There are 30 physical activities available and most of the school is involved in weekly sports fixtures. A strong arts programme includes a range of bands and choirs, several plays every year and regular dance shows. Other activities range from the Combined Cadet Force and the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme to community service, volunteering and outreach projects.
- Within the school’s first half-century, the first Greek play was performed there in the original language. After a lengthy restoration project, the theatre built in a chalk pit reopened in 2014 for a performance of Antigone.
- Pastoral care is rooted in the 12 houses, where day and boarding pupils mix under the care of house leaders and tutors. Wellbeing sessions, often responding to contemporary issues, are delivered by specialised staff with backgrounds in counselling, safeguarding and A&E. Nurse and GP support and overnight care is available at the medical centre.
- Individual or a combination of academic, art and design, drama, music and sports scholarships are available, as well as means-tested bursaries worth up to 100 per cent of tuition fees.
- Notable former pupils include the comedian Tony Hancock, the Astronomer Royal and Nobel Prize recipient Sir Martin Ryle, and the Sunday Times wine columnist Will Lyons.
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