- It also provides bespoke support for pupils applying to popular apprenticeship programmes, such as those with Deloitte and HM Treasury.
- Co-curricular offerings include the arts, musical groups (such as a jazz band and a steel pans group) and a great number of sporting clubs and activities that take place in state-of-the-art facilities. The school has a long record of academic and sporting success, and several of its teams make it to regional finals.
- It has received the Artsmark Gold Award from Arts Council England on four occasions.
- There is a supportive pastoral structure of heads of year and form tutors and a comprehensive programme of personal, social, health and economic education.
- At Key Stage 4 some pupils can take vocational options such as OCR sport science and the BTec Tech Award in enterprise. The school is one of the first in the country to offer a T-level in management and administration in the sixth form. It has proved a highly popular course, with students enjoying extended work placements with blue-chip companies.
Results
A-level 2024 rank: 206

Grade
%
A*
12.3
A
20.5
B
31.6
A*/A
32.7
A*-B
64.3
GCSE 2024 rank: 326=

Grade
%
A*/9/8
14.7
A/7
14.1
A*/A/9/8/7
28.9