 Pupils participate in various stages of The Duke of Edinburgh 's Award , and the school runs expeditions to a variety of locations in the Lake District , Snowdonia and the Yorkshire Dales . The school has a long @-@ running exchange scheme with the Willibrord Gymnasium in Emmerich in North Germany , as well as a château trip for second formers and a study visit to France . Lower sixth formers can participate in the Young Enterprise scheme , and in 2010 the school companies were awarded 1st and 2nd " Best Company " in the Peterborough region and second in the regional finals . The school 's design department has reached the national finals of the Greenpower competition to design and build an electric racing car for the last three years in a row with their car " Twin Cambs " . 
