 The school won the National Literacy Trust's 2006/2007 Reading Connects School of the Year Competition.The school's librarian, Nikki Heath, was awarded the School Librarian of the Year Award by the School Library Association in May 2008.Mariano Scartezzini

Mariano Scartezzini (born 7 November 1954) is a retired long-distance runner from Italy, who mainly competed in the men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase event.