Las Canteras[4] in Collado Villalba near Madrid, Spain, and with Lycée Jean Guéhenno, France.

When it was opened in 1940, it was already too small because war had broken out and an evacuation programme was underway (two million children were moved from London to the countryside within three days).

There are competitions between the houses, including rugby, football, netball, hockey, sports day and the governors' cup.

[9][citation needed] In its latest Ofsted inspection,[2] carried out 29–30 November 2017, the school achieved the following ratings: The Piggott School has a soldering works area, clay area, modelling areas such as DIY, an Arts Studio, and a large sports field which runs alongside the railway tracks towards Wargrave railway station.

[citation needed] In Years 7 and 8 (Key Stage 3) students study the core subjects of English, Mathematics and Science (Year 9 start GCSE Science) plus the following foundation subjects: French, Design and Technology, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), History, Geography, Religious Education, Art, Music, Drama and Physical Education.

In addition to French, pupils either study German, Spanish or Mandarin Chinese as a second language.

The following Design and Technology options are offered at GCSE: Food and Nutrition; Graphic Products; Resistant Materials; Systems and Control; Textiles.

Students can also study at AS and A level which are ICT, product design (graphic products or textile technology), economics, science (students are able to take one or more of the three separate sciences, these are biology, physics, chemistry), business studies, art and photography.

[citation needed] The Piggott School's has pioneered a science buddy scheme, which was featured on Teachernet.

In August of 2016, he was banned from teaching for life by the National College for Teaching and Leadership after their investigation concluded that he had consensual sex with a female former student, and had engaged in an inappropriate relationship with her, which included kissing while she was still a student, and offering to be her “Sugar daddy” towards the end of the relationship.

In 2017 the school gained national attention after outlining a range of cost-cutting measures intended to achieve savings of £200,000.

These included staff redundancies, phasing out of some subjects, and increasing fees for school trips.