After failed efforts to purchase the facilities of the shore establishment HMS Ganges, the school was moved to the current site at Great Finborough in 1980.

[5] On 15 May 2014 The High Court appointed Grant Thornton as Liquidators for one of the companies (Anglemoss limited) associated with the directors and owners of the school.

[6] The school is based in Finborough Hall, a Grade II listed stucco-faced Tuscan-style country house, originally built in 1795 for Roger Pettiward[7] on land previously owned by William Wollaston MP.

Finborough School has made a number of notable links with local sports clubs.

The school has a choir and various ensembles, with regular performance nights being held in the drama studio.

The school choir perform regularly at festivals and community gatherings in St Andrew's Church, Great Finborough.

Originally, the school was primarily for boarders and a large percentage of pupils came from military families, hence the names of the houses.

This plan is no longer used today; pupils are assigned a random house as soon as they join the school.

[16] Teacher Simon Warr was charged with indecent assault on two former St George's School pupils, and one other child, historically, and appeared in court in 2014.

[21][22] Warr told the BBC he believed the allegations were made "on the shirt tail of Derek Slade".