J. P. H. Hobson MA (Oxon) was appointed as headmaster,[7] and John Whitworth, a lay vicar and countertenor at Westminster Abbey, was employed to teach the boys music and singing.

[15] In that year, a sports master at the school, Nick Drewett, killed himself shortly before he was due to appear in court charged with child abuse.

Drewett's death led to Crispin Blunt, member of parliament for Reigate, calling for anonymity for schoolteachers accused but not convicted of sexual misconduct.

[2] A Garden of Remembrance commemorates choristers of St Mary's Church, Reigate, lost in both World Wars.

[19] There are specialist teaching facilities for music, ICT, and art, and an Early Years Foundation Stage centre for children up to the age of five.

[23] School sports are played during the day, and the school is divided into four houses, called Hobson, Malcolmson, Osmond, and Searle, identified by the colours green, blue, yellow, and red, respectively, which compete at rugby, soccer, field hockey, cricket, netball, athletics, and cross-country running.

In October 2019, the headmaster commented to The Daily Telegraph "We’ve seen the strength of feeling among the younger generation, as it’s their future we are jeopardising.

[28] For a school to be a full member of the CSA, it must provide a choir that sings a minimum of four services a week in a particular cathedral, church, or chapel.

[31] The school choristers also sang two tracks on Michael W. Smith's album It's a Wonderful Christmas (2007) [32] and in the recording of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Love Never Dies (2010).

[4] The school choir was regularly performing in local and national events, including singing at the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

[36] The school's archives contain letters written to Godfrey Searle, its founder, by former St Mary's choir boys serving overseas in the First World War.

[41] In the same year, a team from the school called Razor Sharp Minds won the regional final of the FIRST LEGO League Challenge.

Pupils showed high levels of independent learning and had good literacy skills, but writing ability was less developed, with limited opportunities for extended written work.