30 minutes long. This event contributes to the Stanborough House Trophy, but winners of this competition also win a House Drama Trophy. 2008 saw Ashridge win with their performance of Beauty and the Beast, 2nd place was given to Hatfield with their performance of "A Streetcar Named Desire" School Productions: Every other year, the Drama department (and sometimes the music department) and school members host a school production, performed in the Spring term, rehearsals starting in September. Past performances have been the likes of Oliver, West Side Story, We Will Rock You and most recently Les Misérables. Music House Music: Performed in the spring term. Musicians of each house demonstrate a wide range of musical genius by hosting a 30-minute performance full of a variety of musical acts, which since 2012 are now put on after school giving parents a chance to buy tickets and watch the event. Performances in the past have been known to include rock bands, singing, instrument solos, musical numbers and rapping. Dance School Dance Display: Every other Year after the school production, the Dance department and students perform a spectacular series of dance numbers, demonstrating unique and creative talents. Sixth Form Consortium Stanborough Sixth form is part of a wider consortium of many secondary schools in the area. Stanborough offers a range of subjects at A level on site. English, History, Mathematics, Science, Computer Science, Psychology are just a few examples. Other schools aligned with the sixth form consortium include: Monk's Walk School Ridgeway Academy Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School Onslow St Audrey's School Academic performance Stanborough School often achieves GCSE results above the national average, with 51% of pupils achieving the equivalent of five or more GCSEs grade C or above including English and Maths in 2012. Their A Level results are consistently one of the highest of maintained schools in Hertfordshire. Notable former pupils Welwyn Garden City Stanborough Grammar School Prof Roger Heath-Brown, Professor of Pure Mathematics since 1999 at the University of Oxford Michael Peacock OBE, television executive, Controller of BBC1 from 1965–7, and chairman from 1989 to 1995 of UBC Media Group Prof Michael Talbot, James and Constance Alsop Professor of Music from 1986 to 2003 at the University of Liverpool Glyn Maxwell, poet Prof. Jonathan Gregory, Professor of Climate Change and Modelling at the University of Reading and the Met Office. Klaus Hasselmann, 2021 Nobel Laureate in Physics References External links