[5] In September 2023, Whitgift Foundation announced the decision to close the school permanently in August 2025 owing to financial difficulties.

The guardroom – once a reception room, now a library – dates from the time of Archbishop Thomas Arundel (1396–1414), and is one of the earliest uses of brick in Britain.

Archbishop John Stafford (died 1452) built what is now one of the finest medieval great halls left in southern England.

A number of monarchs from Henry VI to Elizabeth I banqueted under its high arched-brace roof, each sitting on Stafford's stone throne, part of which survives against the west wall.

[7] The senior school also houses modern, purpose-built facilities including seven laboratories, a heated indoor swimming pool, and an Art and Technology building.

The houses, and their colours, are Anselm (yellow), Hatton (green), Laud (purple), and Stafford (blue).