[2] The Head Master and the boys moved into temporary premises in a house known as 'The Glen' on Quaperlake Street in Bruton.

[3] At the end of its first year there were 40 boys at the school learning basic subjects including practical mechanics, land measuring and elementary science.

His students include the outstanding British biologists, L. J. F. Brimble, Frederick Tom Brooks, Ralph Warren Marsh, and Walter Cecil Moore.

[7] The school has continued expansion with the introduction of a policy in 2003 to take day pupils from a local catchment area of 1.5 miles.

[10] In 2013 the then Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, described Sexey's as "one of the most outstanding schools in the country," during an interview on the Andrew Marr Show on BBC One.

[14][13][15] Ofsted inspection visits in 2020 and 2021 found that leaders and those responsible for governance were taking effective remedial action.

In 2001, a group of pupils produced a glossy calendar as part of a Young Enterprise business project, sold for charity, called "Sexey's Hot Twelve", that featured 12 pictures of boys and girls in seductive poses.

Child protection groups criticised the calendar for its potential attraction to adults who prey on vulnerable young people.