- Alongside academic success, the key drivers for this coeducational academy are character development and dignity for all.
- Based in Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, since 1975, the school was founded in Holborn, central London, in 1862 as a boys’ grammar.
- About 80 per cent of students usually gain university places and students seeking apprenticeships or jobs are fully supported by the careers team too.
- The school boasts an “unrivalled” extracurricular programme covering music, drama, sport and more. There are extensive playing fields and courts. Each year, students attend an athletics training camp in Lanzarote and an American football tour. Popular Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and World Challenge expeditions provide a challenge where pupils discover talents they never thought they had.
- A long and varied list of distinguished alumni includes the late Labour and independent politician Lord Field of Birkenhead and the Sex Pistols bass player Glen Matlock.
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