[citation needed] In 2008, it emerged that nine pupils, supported by their parents, had refused to sit a Key Stage 3 Shakespeare test on The Tempest because they felt the character of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice was anti-semitic.

Several figures attended the formal opening of the new school building, including Tony Blair, Lord Levy, Gerald Ronson, and Richard Desmond.

"[9] In 2018, the school admitted censoring sections of GCSE textbooks to remove mentions of homosexual people and examples of women socialising with men.

A spokesman for the school commented "we had no knowledge that the wedding was taking place", and "We are absolutely horrified about last night's event and condemn it in the strongest possible terms."

[13] In April 2021, Ofsted visited the school as a monitoring inspection and noted that the "Leaders and those responsible for governance are taking effective action to provide education in the current circumstances.