Professor Robert Peers, the former Principal of University College Nottingham, gave a talk during the speech day on Thursday 14 November 1946.

Previously, he had been head of Queen Elizabeth Grammar School at Atherstone, and was a former modern languages (MFL) teacher from Halifax.

His funeral service was conducted by Reverend D. Campbell-Miller, head of Magnus Grammar School.

In September 1949, 16 year old Jean Petchell got to the final of the British Junior Lawn Tennis championships, playing Lorna Cornell.

It kept some of its old grammar school ethos long after it became a comprehensive: Latin and Classics were taught and rugby was given priority over football until the 1970s.

Its admissions policy, however, is still as a Comprehensive and these places are allocated after offers have been made to those that live within the catchment area.

The Green Week has not been held for the past five years given the unnecessary need for purchasing green clothing, and has since replaced by a standard day of no uniform (with succeeding donations being sent to a specific, different charity or non-profit each time - the specific firm being chosen and voted for by students).

The money that was raised by the Green Weeks had gone towards completing environment-friendly projects such as: installing double-glazed windows, wall insulation improvements and, most notably, the construction of a complete wind turbine on the school premises, which supplies energy for the National Grid, who then subsidise the school's energy bill.