 Pitsford School was founded by Malcolm Robinson with support from patrons Cristian Lady Hesketh OBE, DL, and Sir Hereward Wake Bart, MC, DL.The school maintains a meteorological station, Pitsford Hall weather station, which was founded in 1998.The station is run by Sixth Form pupils as a long-term community service project and receives the patronage of broadcast meteorologist Alex Deakin.