Facilities
The school is on London Road, and there are three main buildings:
- The Chemistry, Physics, Biology, German, French, Spanish, History and Politics, Economics and Psychology departments are housed in the Fairfield Building.
- Geography, English, Religious Studies, Classics, Mathematics, Music and Drama departments are housed in the recently opened Queen Elizabeth II (QE2) Building.
- The main London Road Building, which connects to the Finlay Gallery which contains the D.T. and Art departments.
- The Christopher Charles building, a recent addition to the school, houses solely the Sixth-form common room as well as a few municipal classrooms.
The school's sports ground, with several acres of playing fields and a boathouse on the Thames, is at Thames Ditton, opposite Hampton Court Palace.
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