[2] The school comprises teaching rooms, including laboratories, ICT suites, workshops, a food technology kitchen and a library.

[citation needed] The award of Arts College status and its associated funding allowed the school to improve facilities for student learning.

The school also contains a digital recording studio, photography suite, zen garden, organic vegetable allotment and a post-16 independent learning area.

Sports teaching facilities include playing fields, a gymnasium, basketball courts, a fitness suite and a swimming pool.

[citation needed] Extracurricular activities include sport, art, music, drama, dance and creative writing clubs.

Pupils in years 10 and 11 may continue to wear the previous uniform, which includes a burgundy school sweatshirt and white polo shirt.

Authors who have taken part in the initiative include:[citation needed] The school was the first in Hertfordshire to install energy saving wind turbines.

[citation needed] The school has also invested in a web-based monitoring system that will show students how much energy the turbines are generating, along with data on the amount of carbon dioxide being offset.