The teaching staff are grouped into subject areas and then into Teaching and Learning areas led by a Co-ordinator.
The National Curriculum is taught from Years 7 to 11.
In Year 7 all pupils follow courses in: English, Mathematics, Science, Technology, Information Technology, a Modern Foreign Language, Geography, History, Religious Studies, Art, Music and Physical Education.
Year 8 pupils follow a similar pattern but a second Modern Foreign Language is introduced. Pupils are ‘set’ for Mathematics, based on an examination taken at the end of Year 7.
The curriculum for Year 9 is similar to Year 8, but work on Careers is introduced. All Year 9 pupils sit the National Tests for Key Stage 3.
Drama in Years 7, 8 and 9 is in separate lessons with their own independent schemes of work.
In Years 10 and 11 certain subjects remain compulsory and others remain within the choice of the pupils. A few subjects are available as short GCSE courses instead of the usual full courses.
The Sixth Form has approximately 360 students, all of whom are studying a full curriculum of A or AS level subjects.
In recent years the majority of pupils have progressed into the Sixth Form and then gone on to further education, including Oxford and Cambridge Universities. Both games (nonexamined) and PSE are compulsory.
A full Personal, Social and Health Education programme (PSHE) is followed through all years and taught in part via the medium of the weekly pastoral period.

Pastoral care is organised on a Year basis by Year Heads, although we also have a Head of Lower Year and a Head of 6th Form. Form Tutors in Years 7 to 11 are responsible for about 30 girls and boys. Pupils remain in the same form group throughout these five years.
The Head of Lower School allocates pupils to forms taking into account various factors but not attempting to ‘stream’ in any way.
Sixth Form Tutors are responsible for upwards of 20 students. The forms are rearranged to give a new mix, and external entrants to the Sixth Form are easily assimilated.
The naming of the Forms in the School reflects the House organisation. In each year Forms 1 and 2 are in Coborn House, Forms 3 and 4 are in Guild House, and Forms 5 and 6 are in Gibson House. Sixth Form students remain in their Houses but are organised into different Forms. Thus there are vertical links as well as the horizontal year groupings made for pastoral purposes.
The House system incorporates certain School activities, mainly sporting and music but also drama, public speaking,and academic achievements.
School Captains are elected at the end of Year 12 and hold office throughout their final year. These are prestigious positions within the School. Each form throughout the School has two elected representatives. The Sixth Form has its own Captains and Council. There is also a whole School Council which meets on a regular basis to discuss issues relevant to both the students and the School. School Council representatives play a key role in the decision making processes - including the appointment of senior staff.