Students are assigned a house as to which they are a part of during inter-house events such as rugby, football and hockey in addition to the more known "sports day".

The main school building is modelled in a post-modern architectural style, of which pays homage to the local vernacular; it’s yellow bricks in fitting with the honey coloured stone of Sherborne and the surrounding area, as well as its red-tiled hipped roofs, and classic four-pane windows.

Steven Hillier, the Headmaster of The Gryphon School until June 2017 was appointed Executive Head of the multi-academy trust.

During year 10 students who took additional and core-science take they GCSE core science exams in Biology, Physics and Chemistry.

At the end of June, once all the exams are completed, year 11 officially don't attend the school.

1-A table showing the percentage of Gryphon School students who got 5 A*-C grades including English and Maths at GCSE level.

The general area of which the students attending the sixth form travel in from is larger than that of the rest of the school.

In 2019, a proposed puffin crossing on Bristol Road has been approved to be built which will make the walk into the centre of town much safer.

[citation needed] Many students travel from far villages and towns or out of catchment; The Gryphon School caters private AM and PM bus services provided by local tour and coach hire operators (South West Tours, Bakers, Vale Coaches etc.).

As of Summer 2018, the main provider of both private- and council-funded buses into the school are operated by South West Coaches, following the surprise collapse of the Nippy Bus company.

[citation needed] In January 2020, an Instagram account posted a picture referencing the UK Prime Minister with the words "F*ck Boris" graffitied onto one of the school walls.

An anonymous parent of a gryphon student contacted freelance journalist website Byline Times, who then claimed that "political surveillance" was used to help identify the owner of the account.