Their names and colours are: The lower school are involved in theatrical productions, such as Godspell and The Sound of Music with the sixth form and years 10 and 11 playing the lead roles.

There have also been lower school productions such as Ernie's Incredible Hallucinations (2007), Blood Brothers (2008), Oliver!

In the year 2006/7 these committees were; social and common room, lower school liaison, public relations and media, cultural, sports and charity, and fund raising.

There is also the sixth form forum which is made up of one elected student from each tutor group, the head boy and girl and the chairperson of the school council.

The school also performs in Rock Challenge UK, and has reached as high as 2nd place over the whole of England but has come 1st on many occasions in the sub-category of "Best Costume."

In 1890 Baronet and MP Sir Elliott Lees bought land in Dorset and moved into South Lytchett Manor.

As the building was completely destroyed, and an investigation had to be undertaken by police and the fire brigade, the school was forced to remain closed, adding an extra two weeks onto the six-week summer holiday.

After many delays, involving disagreements over budget and design, and the discovery of a rare type of protected tree on the site, a new building has recently been completed, which will replace the "village".

A fire on 27 December 2012, thought to have been started by a lightning strike, destroyed the school's creative arts block.

[3] The building for the new dining hall, science, humanities and maths classrooms started at the end of October 2006.