 On 4 January 2018 the Maidenhead Advertiser reported that the school had applied for planning permission for the new campus.On 28 August 2019, at a meeting of the Planning Committee, RBWM councillors officially and near unanimously rejected the applications after detailed objections from local residents, who had campaigned for over three years to prevent the loss of greenbelt and against the detrimental environmental and infrastructure effects cited by the council members as the reasons for refusal.Notable alumni include