That building served the Grammar School for well over a hundred years before the people of Lewes raised funds to replace it, in 1851, with what we now know as Mead House.

The senior school occupies three listed houses in the High Street of Lewes which have been refurbished and extended.

The curriculum followed includes three foreign languages (French, Spanish and German), and sciences are studied as individual subjects at senior level.

Expansions to the sixth form college have allowed for the study of psychology, theatre and graphic design.

The sixth form produces theatrical events featuring the orchestra, choir and actors from the school.