A new Preparatory Building with facilities for the Nursery was opened by Olympic Swimmer Michael Rock in October 2009.

[5] Past pupils include TV presenter Yvette Fielding, known especially as the youngest presenter of Blue Peter, former professional footballer Nicky Summerbee, Robert Garside[6] the first person to run around the world, and music composer and producer Daniel Liam Glyn.

[9] In the early days, whilst still at the Hillcrest Road site, the blazer was red with silver braid.

Later, Hillcrest pupils, both boys and girls, wore a black blazer with a red braid around the edge and a black tie, crest embedded with gold and red stripes.

[10] The school crest consisted of a flaming torch with the motto "Ad Lucem".