was a redevelopment of a large Georgian house called Shirley House, built in 1720, once a home of the third Earl of Eldon. The school today Many of Trinity's pupils come from local schools and so join aged 10 or 11, but there is also a large intake of prep school boys at 10, 11 and 13+. A traditional curriculum is studied by all pupils, with optional subjects at GCSE such as Mandarin Chinese becoming more popular. The school has a co-educational Sixth Form, a feature that was implemented in September 2012. For this change, a new state-of-the-art Sixth Form Centre was built, and opened by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. Trinity has enjoyed regional and national success in its main school sports of rugby union, field hockey, cricket, and water polo, and also in other sports as diverse as swimming, athletics, and squash. The school has a climbing wall, two large astro-turf pitches and four hard tennis courts, along with pitches for rugby, cricket, soccer, and athletics, as well as the school's nearby field, Sandilands, and an indoor sports centre, with two large halls, several squash courts, a gymnasium, and an accompanying weights-room. The school offers over 100 clubs and societies, from bee-keeping, chess, building Daleks, creative writing, fencing or landscape design. This encourages students to get involved as much as they can, helping them to discover passions, expand their horizons and to build relationships. The school’s World class music facilities include a recording suite and a dedicated choir room. Trinity became the first All Steinway School in London in 2012 and now benefits from an impressive fleet of 25 pianos, including two model D concert grand pianos and five further grand pianos. The Steinway Suite is the first teaching facility of its kind in the world, offering exceptional practice and research facilities. The Trinity School chess club has achieved great success over the years. One of its members, Laurence Marks, won the under-21 British championship in 1973, and its teams were in the finals of the British Schools Championships of 1967, 1969, and 1972. Trinity Boys Choir Trinity Boys Choir, led for many years by David Squibb, is well known for its outstanding musical achievements, especially through its choristers under the direction of Director of Music, David Swinson. It has enjoyed a high professional profile, both at home and abroad, for the past forty years. In the