[1] The school occupies Rykneld Hall, a Grade II listed 18th-century country house at Littleover, built in 1780 as a private residence and used as a hospital in the second half of the 20th century.

Teaching buildings for Humanities, Sciences, Design and Technology, and Arts have been added to the campus, along with the main school hall, which is linked with the old quadrangle and contains a stage and an organ, with an attached kitchen.

The woodland, mature trees, grassland, and water areas in the school's grounds are designated as Wildlife Site 38 and safeguarded in the City of Derby's Local Plan, Policy E4 (Nature Conservation).

The main sports offered at the school are cricket, hockey, and rugby union, plus athletics, cross country, swimming, squash, basketball and badminton.

It raises money annually for both projects and sends Sixth Form students out every year to Gedeli B School to assist with teaching, maintenance of classrooms and other tasks.