The boys' school—then named Horsham Secondary Modern School for Boys—moved to its current campus in Comptons Lane in 1954.

The Forest school was reconstituted as an 11–16 boys comprehensive, with sixth form provision moving to The College of Richard Collyer.

Brunel – Art/Design/Metalwork/Woodwork (Pink), Faraday – Sciences (Yellow), Mansion – Languages (Light Blue), Newton – Mathematics (Red), Shelley – English language/Literature (Dark Blue), Tyler – Humanities (Green) In the late '70s and early '80s, the first computers arrived and these were Commodore PETs (2 with 1Kb memory and 1 with 32Kb memory).

[citation needed] In 2008, the past Houses (Tudor, Stuart, Lancaster, and York) were disbanded, and new "communities" were formed (Dyson, Hawking, Branson and Marconi respectively).

[citation needed] In April 2010 the redesigned school website was launched complete with virtual learning facilities, which are now used mostly for homework and revision material.

The Phoenix Stroke Club is situated in the north west area of the school in an old clubhouse.