The school caters for girls between the ages 11 to 16, with a coeducational sixth form.

The school received an achievement award from the Department for Education and Skills in 2000, 2001 and 2002.

The Orchard Building opened in 2005 and primarily houses the English department and Study Room #1 (which used to be knows as the Orchard Library, until it relocated to the reading room, and the resources centre before that).

The Izatt Building was opened in 2014 and the English department was based there together with a dance studio and reading room (the library).

The houses are named: Austen, Bronte, Curie, Frank, Nightingale, Pankhurst, Roddick and Colvin.