was renovated with the inclusion of gates and railings to separate students from the road. The new gates were designed by pupils through a competition run by the school. The following academic year the windows in the main building were all replaced with double glazing to improve efficiency and comfort. In 2013 the school bought the BMW Group Pavilion Building, which stood in the 2012 London Olympic Park, for £1. The building became the new site for the Sixth Form and Marlborough Special Needs School, as well as the Business, Economics and Psychology departments. Construction of the building began in the summer of 2014 and it was officially opened on 3 March 2016 by Mayor of London Boris Johnson. After opening the building the old study centre was converted into the Learning Support Room. The library was also closed, with the study area being converted to a classroom, and the library being refurbished with new furniture. From mid-2014 until late-2016 improvement works took place throughout the majority of the school to replace an ageing pipework and central heating system. This was funded by £1.5 million from the Community Improvement Fund. Pipework was replaced in the main building, humanities block, and the music block. In December 2014 the school acquired planning permission for a new performing arts centre, to be built on the site of the existing Marlborough School classrooms. The proposed building was to include classrooms and performance areas for drama and music students. Also included in the planning application are supplemental projects to extend part of the existing Jubilee Pavilion, and demolish an existing drama classroom to expand the canteen. However, new permission was granted in 2016 for a single story building, to provide two drama studios and 4 general classrooms. This superseded the previously granted planning permission. Work on these projects began in January 2017. These works were completed by September and in use at the beginning at the school academic year. Notable students and staff Colin Bennett (actor), former assistant on Take Hart Keith Beven FRS, hydrologist Peter Birks, Regius Professor of Civil Law from 1989 to 2004 at the University of Oxford Quentin Blake, illustrator, opened the Quentin Blake Building, the new Art and Technology block, in 2007. Matthew Brimson, cricketer Ian Button, musician Grahame Clinton, opening batsman Matthew Collings, art writer, married to Emma Biggs Air Vice-Marshal Michael Donaldson MBE, Station Commander from 1987 to