In the early days, buildings were scarce, with only the Great Hall and East Wing complete, plus a temporary chapel.
The early plans for the college chapel were scaled back, due to lack of funds.
Under Shirley, headmaster from 1921 to 1935, the school prospered, and a building programme was undertaken – the Sanatorium, Squash courts, Eton Fives courts (replaced in the 1960s by the chemistry department), staff houses, Old Theatre, Art School, West Wing, and the top storey of the North Wing were all completed.
An extension to the Churchill Hall was made in 1981 which would form the newly established Craft and Design Centre.
Knight left in 1993 to take up a post with the Marylebone Cricket Club and Roy Collard was appointed as headmaster.
Not long after Collard started as head, Worksop celebrated its centenary and the Princess Royal opened the new school ICT centre.
Girls first attended Worksop College in 1972 as day pupils but at that time they did not have a specific house.
Opened in the last 10 years, Gibbs House occupies a purpose-built facility on the former site of the 1st XV rugby pitch.
[2] It has many fine buildings styled in Tudor Revival including: The school published a magazine, the Cuthbertian from 1895 to 1920, when the title was changed to the Worksopian.
In the early days many College players were capped by the England Public Schools XV – the first being George Laing in 1930.
[citation needed] The finest seasons of rugby were enjoyed in the late 1930s and early 1940s where the college remained unbeaten for a number of years.
Nim Hall was a member of the College 1st XV for three years between 1940 and 1943 and went on to captain England in the early 1950s.
The appointment of England and British Lion Jeff Butterfield in 1954 as a master at the college, quickly led to a surge in success.
Later, Worksop took part in the annual Public Schools Hockey Festival (Oxford) for many years.
In the late 1990s, Worksop started entering the County Schools competition and found success there.
Success hasn't just been limited to the boys, the girls 1st XI finished runners up to Repton School at the 2009/2010 national finals.
Most recently the college under 16 boys finished runners-up to Whitgift School in the National Indoor Championships in 2016.
There are currently three Old Worksopians in the England/Great Britain hockey setup: Worksop has produced a number of international athletes over the years: Ranby House is a co-educational independent preparatory, day and boarding, school for boys and girls aged 3 to 11.
Former pupils of the school include British actor and dancer Richard Winsor, GB hammer thrower Matthew Lambley and Katie Walter, the youngest person to go on an expedition to the South Pole in 2009.
Ranby House was the property of Sir Albert Bingham who was from a family of wealthy Sheffield steelmasters.
There was only accommodation for 30 boys at Ranby, so the remaining 60 stayed at the college until the remainder finally moved over in 1953.
Other additions were a sports pavilion, swimming pool, dining hall, new chapel, two gymnasiums, resources centre, computer department, the boxing 'long room' was converted into science laboratories, a performing arts centre and 15 acres (61,000 m2) of land were converted into sports pitches.