- This boys’ academy with a coeducational sixth form in Maidstone, Kent, aims to be one of the leading secondary schools for sustainability.
- The green club has brought in recycling schemes and created wild spaces in the grounds to counter habitat loss in the area. One project is a wildflower meadow where bees can flourish.
- Competition for places in year 7 is tough: all must sit the Kent test. For sixth-formers, apprenticeships are a growing focus of ambition alongside university courses.
- OPGS, founded in 1918, has a purpose-built drama studio and plenty of clubs and music groups in which students can take part. Football, rowing and cricket teams compete at local, county and national level.
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