[3] Facilities include a nursery with outdoor learning area, a wilderness area, three purpose built classroom blocks, a Design and Technology workshop, an Art Studio, a Food and Textiles Studio, a fully-equipped Theatre seating 250 people,[4] 11 acres of land including a 7-acre sports field.

A new £2m Sports Hall broke ground in January 2018 and as was opened in November 2018 by Olympic Gymnast Max Whitlock MBE[5] Thorpe Hall School first opened with a cohort of six boys in 1925.

[citation needed] In 2016 the school applied to the Southend Borough Council to improve its sports facilities.

[7][8] Notable attendees of the school include TV presenter Rachel Riley,[9] musician James Bourne and actors Sam Strike and Joe Gallucci.

In 2014, the deputy head at the time, Martin Goldberg,[14] was found dead in his home by police officers investigating child pornography allegations.