[4] Wallace Heyes, the headteacher from 1951, in 1963 wanted to change the school to the current name.

In early June 1966 the West Essex Education Executive decided that the local area would go comprehensive.

[6] On Tuesday 4 April 1967 Essex County Council approved the change to become a co-educational comprehensive in September 1967.

[9] The £10m auditorium was funded by the Yellow Car Charitable Trust[10] and replaced the previous main school hall.

[12] It is a not-for-profit cinema run by volunteer projectionists using both digital projectors and 35mm film.