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Four north-lit studios, a kiln room, a printmaking press and a design technology workshop with laser cutters and 3D printers. The summer exhibition fills every wall and the corridor gallery changes with each half term.

Freshly cooked lunches served from three counters – a hot main, a salad bar and a soup and jacket station – with vegetarian, vegan and allergen-free options every day. The hall opens for breakfast from 7.45am and hosts our end-of-term suppers.

The library is the quiet heart of the campus: twenty thousand books, a round reading room lit from above, and study carrels that fill up quickly at exam time. Librarians run reading groups, author visits and the annual book festival.

• Open before school, at lunch and until 5.30pm
• Laptops and printing available to every pupil

Every visit starts here. Our reception team signs guests in, issues visitor badges and points you towards wherever you are heading – or walks you there. Pupils arrive through the main doors each morning and are met by their tutors before registration.

• Open 8.00am – 5.00pm on school days
• Lost property, late passes and first-aid room
• Step-free access and a hearing loop at the desk

A 320-seat auditorium with a fly tower and orchestra pit, plus a drama studio, dance studio, recording suite and twelve music practice rooms. Three full productions a year, weekly lunchtime concerts and the house drama festival all take place here.

Twelve acres of pitches for rugby, football, hockey and cricket, with an all-weather surface floodlit for winter training. Saturday fixtures welcome parents to the pavilion, where the tuck shop and hot drinks keep spectators going.

Eight specialist laboratories across three floors – biology on the ground floor, chemistry above it and physics at the top, where the telescope dome opens for the astronomy club. A dedicated prep room and greenhouse support practical work in every year group.

Purpose-built for Years 12 and 13: a café and common room on the ground floor, silent study and seminar rooms above, and a careers and universities office with a full-time adviser. Sixth Formers have their own entrance and can come and go through the day.

A four-court sports hall with a sprung floor, climbing wall and fitness suite. Netball, basketball, badminton and gymnastics all live here, and it doubles as the venue for whole-school assemblies and the summer exam season.

Also home to: the PE department offices, changing rooms and the school shop for kit.

A 25-metre, six-lane indoor pool kept at 29°C, used for curriculum swimming in every year group and by the swimming squad before school. Lifeguarded family sessions run at weekends and the pool is available for community hire.

The Junior School has its own front door. Our reception team welcomes every visitor, signs children in and out, and keeps the lost-property basket that somehow fills up every week.

Assemblies, concerts, the nativity and rainy-day PE all happen in the Junior Hall – a bright, high-ceilinged space with a stage at one end and wall bars along the other.

Purpose-built for our youngest children: two Reception classrooms, a Nursery room and a sheltered outdoor space that opens straight off the classrooms, so learning moves inside and out all day.

A round reading room with beanbags in the middle and picture books at child height around the edge. Every class visits weekly, and the librarian runs a lunchtime book club for Years 5 and 6.

Class music, the junior choir and individual instrument lessons all happen here, with a set of ukuleles, a class of keyboards and a wall of percussion for the youngest players.