[citation needed] In 2004, a pupil gained the best result at Maths GCSE in England.

On 1 April 2011, the school gained academy status and is now sponsored by United Learning.

[3] The school has a large catchment area of nine miles, from which pupils are selected on the basis of tests in verbal and non-verbal reasoning.

[4] Times Parent Power [5] has ranked the School's 2019 A-level results 121st in the country (previous year 161st) and 2019 GCSE results 11th (previous year 15th) and also ranks it 11th amongst all secondary schools in Greater London.

[6] There are currently two examinations required to gain a place at the school: verbal and non-verbal reasoning.