Miscellaneous:

• Roman Catholic
• Headmaster: Dr Giles Mercer, appointed 1996
• 52 full time teachers, 13 part time teachers, average age 36
• affiliated with Prior Park Preparatory School and Paragon School
• Central point: cGeorgian mansion (former home to Ralph Allen)
• Georgian buildings in 57 acres
• 28 acre (113,000 m²) landscape garden
• a library, theatre, music school and a new ICT centre
• an indoor swimming pool, dance studio and activity hall

History School:

• 1742: Ralph Allen commissioned architect John Wood, the Elder, to build the mansion

• founded in 1830
• One of the first lay co-educational Roman Catholic schools
• co-educational since 1982
• 1983: girls were accepted
• Was designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building
• 1991: fire destroys much of interior, damage can be repaired
• 1995: library was opened
• Sep 1999: the College joined the Young Enterprise Scheme

History landscape garden:

• was created by local entrepreneur and philanthropist Ralph Allen from about 1734 until his death in 1764

• 18th-century landscape garden, designed by the poet Alexander Pope and the landscape gardener Capability Brown
• owned by National Trust
• in style of typical “English Gardens”
• Nov 2006: restoration project starts
• 2007: restauration is completed