Music ensembles are a huge part of school life – there are 11 to choose from! 
Our I&S Inspires series welcomes guest speakers, such as BBC journalist Gabriel Gatehouse! 
Languages trips enable students to experience other cultures – like this pastry-making exercise in France! 
Trips encourage hands-on learning to bring classroom studies to life. 
Mr Elliston’s Bike Maintenance Club is a great example of equipping students with skills ready-made for the world.
We also offer a rich variety of clubs and societies. The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, Current Affairs Club, Creative Writing Club and Woodworking Club are just a few examples of the range of activities on offer. These clubs run before school, during lunchtimes or after school.
Please note that this timetable is intended as a guide only. We cannot guarantee that all activities will run every week.
Students are often asked to perform in other school events, such as the annual Awards Evenings (Key Stage 3 and Senior), and end-of-term and leaving assemblies. These opportunities give students the chance to hone their skills and demonstrate them in front of their peers and parents/carers.
Since 1980, the school has hosted a production in the school hall, putting on a variety of musicals and plays. These have included ‘Grease’, ‘Guys and Dolls’, ‘Fawlty Towers’, ‘Animal Farm’, ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and the world premiere of ‘Billy Elliot’, which had never before been performed on stage.
These annual productions involve students from Year 8 all the way to Sixth Form students in Year 13. The music department is also heavily involved, scoring the shows and often including original compositions from the students. The production also offers students the opportunity to be involved in the design and production of stage scenery (with the design & technology and art departments), as well as in wardrobe and make-up, lighting, stage management, and other backstage duties.
- Art trips to botanical gardens or art galleries;
- Geography field trips to the South Coast and beyond;
- History visits to museums in this country and in Europe, as well as the annual Year 9 trip to the Ypres WW1 memorials;
- Performing Arts and English visits to the theatre, either locally or in the West End;
- Mathematics and science excursions to conferences, exhibitions and laboratories;
- French and Spanish residential trips abroad, to practise their language skills and absorb different cultures;
- Sporting tours to Europe.