 Upper sixth form students, the first to take the IB diploma from the school, sat their IB examinations in May 2007; though the IB Diploma is no longer offered.In 2007, Finham Park was one of the first schools in England to test out the 'Biometric Cashless system' when buying food and drink items from school.Students have their thumbprint scan converted into an 11 digit number, and can then pay by having their thumbprint scanned into a system.