- The aim of this coeducational grammar, established in 1960, is for every pupil to “embrace challenge” through their lessons and the wider curriculum.
- New £22.6 million facilities at the school in Buckinghamshire opened in 2021. A “superblock” has a sixth-form centre, teaching rooms and a sports hall, which is also open for community use.
- French and Spanish are taught and there are popular trips for all ages to put classroom learning into context. In the sixth form, language students undertake an individual research project relating to an area of interest in a French or Spanish-speaking country, which goes on to form the basis of an oral exam.
- The entrepreneur Mike Ashley, the comedian Jimmy Carr and the actress Tracey Ullman are former pupils.
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