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The school is separated into three main sections: Senior School (ages 11 to 18), Brentwood Preparatory School (ages 7 to 11) and Pre-Preparatory School (ages 3 to 7). Originally a boys' school, in 1974, the Governors made the decision to allow a small number of girls to enter the Sixth form. The Girls' School opened in 1986, admitting girls from ages 11 to 18, with the Preparatory School following suit in 1998. Brentwood now operates in a diamond school format where the preparatory school and sixth form are co-educational while the secondary school remains segregated.
The school has two mottos, Virtue, Learning and Manners and Incipe, the latter being a Latin motto (roughly meaning "to begin" or "to start") added in the 19th century.
In 2008 Brentwood School celebrated its 450th anniversary in St Paul's Cathedral.
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