The school is situated near to the exact place where King Henry VII was crowned immediately after the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485.
Various notable people have worked or studied in the school including: Danny Dorling and Stan Openshaw; Martine Croxall and Piers Sellers.
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Alumni include: Piers Sellers, NASA astronaut, Simon Rix, bassist of Leeds based band the Kaiser Chiefs, Jon Hammond, who won a gold in the men's 50m shooting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, Martine Croxall, BBC News Reader and the most Reverend Alan Harper, Archbishop of Armagh (awarded an OBE for services to conservation).
Martine McCutcheon | Martine Beswick | Layng Martine, Jr. | Samuel Croxall | Martine Croxall | Martine Carol | Martine Rothblatt | Martine Aubry | Tucker Martine | Martine St. Clair | Martine Franck | Croxall railway station | Croxall |