[1] It is situated between Englefield Green and Old Windsor on Priest's Hill, with the school building in Surrey and the sports fields in Berkshire.

[1] On 25 September 1888 the school was opened by the Bishop of Southwark, John Baptist Butt.

[3] The school was built initially for 60 boys aged between 7 and 13 and this can still be seen in the provision of 60 carved wooden chapel pews and 60 individual dormitory cubicles.

[7] In 1993 a new swimming pool with four lanes was opened by David Wilkie, a former Olympic Champion and world record holder; it is run by a separate organisation called The Development Company.

In October 2009, a new sports centre was opened by Queen Elizabeth II,[3] giving the school day pupils, boarders and the local community access to football, cricket, judo and rock climbing of a 30-foot wall.