Boys can stay on into the Sixth Form, which provides provision for both male and female students from other schools.

[citation needed] A Herts for Learning review in January 2018 rated the school 'Good' and highlighted improvements in the areas criticised by an Ofsted inspection in 2017.

[5] There are a total of six houses at the school ― Brampton, Churchill, Hamilton, Jennings, Park and York.

This was an unusual time in the academic year for such an event, a fact that probably helped to account for the small number of entries.

The School's foundation was due to a realisation that there was insufficient provision of secondary education in certain areas of the county Consequently over a relatively short period, four new schools were established by the Hertfordshire Education Committee, the first at East Barnet, two simultaneously at Cheshunt and St Albans and lastly at Welwyn Garden City.