There are many well-equipped departmental libraries and resource centres, providing boys with an extensive range of learning materials.
The main library has a working stock of well over 20,000 volumes, an extensive multimedia collection and Internet access. The accommodation provides both a quiet area for individual study and research and a resource centre for academic subjects with access to national databases.
An Archive, with an important collection of historic documents, photographs, records and memorabilia adjoins the main Library, as does one of the School's computer centres which can be used for individual or group work.
There are additional specialised facilities for particular subjects and year groups such as an attractive Lower School Library and the large study area for the Sixth Form.
The subjects for 2010 were: AJ Ayer - Philosopher Douglas Bader - WWII Fighter Ace Barbara Castle - Politician Christopher Cockerell - Engineer/Inventor Wilfred Thesiger - Explorer/Travel Writer Mary Whitehouse - Moral Activist
2010 winners were:
Edmund De Souza - First prize - [Wilfred Thesiger Essay]
Ike Okonji - Runner-up - [Barbara Castle Essay]
Cameron Petschi - Runner-up - [Wilfred Thesiger Essay]
The subjects for 2009 were: Eric Ambler Francis Bacon Isaiah Berlin Matt Busby C Northcote Parkinson
Wing Yung Chan - First prize
Daniel Bregman - Runner-up
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The subjects for 2008 were: Alistair Cooke Ian Fleming Victor Feather Osbert Lancaster David Lean
Alex Forzani - First prize
William Wan - Runner-up
James Black -Runner-up
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