Customs
The school, being attached to Westminster School, sends the oldest year of the school to take part in the annual pancake greaze on Shrove Tuesday.This is watched by the year below in the Great Hall. The school is Anglican and has a Thursday service in St Stephens Church, Rochester Row.
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