The school sports hall is housed in the train shed of the former Pocklington railway station, designed by George Townsend Andrews.

[5] The school runs outreach programmes engaging other schools, and working in the local community, as well as an app called Chatta to improve communication among preschool children, and has won awards for this work.

[6] A statue of a freed slave sculpted by Peter Tatham (1983–93) is in the centre of the St Nicholas Quadrangle.

A bronze statue of Wilberforce as a boy, by York sculptor Sally Arnup, stands near the school foyer.

Dr John Sentamu unveiled the new statue in autumn 2007, which was erected in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of slave emancipation.