All pupils follow a common curriculum considered compulsory by educational authorities up until the end of GCSE.

Ffynone has a tradition of extra-curricular sporting activities, including table tennis, football, rugby, hockey, cross-country and gymnastics, taking place at lunch-times and after school.

[3] In 2007, both primary and secondary school businesses were purchased by Cognita, a private education consortium.

[4] In 2013, Cognita considered the viability of maintaining the school in its current form which was located on two separate sites.

The primary and secondary schools were subsequently separated; the Oakleigh House primary department remained inside the Cognita consortium, and Ffynone House School’s secondary department was transferred back to the ownership of the FHS Charitable Trust.

In 2009 the school Chemical Olympiad team came third in the UK in the Royal Society of Chemistry 'Top of the Bench' competition.