9 6 0 , ▁control ▁passed ▁to ▁the ▁C yp ri ot ▁Government . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁the ▁school ' s ▁status ▁and ▁el ig ibility ▁for ▁state ▁gr ants ▁was ▁challeng ed ▁at ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁a ▁highly ▁select ive ▁academic ▁co - ed uc ational ▁secondary ▁school ▁and ▁most ▁of ▁its ▁le a vers ▁attend ▁univers ities ▁in ▁Great ▁Britain . ▁Although ▁previously ▁a ▁board ing ▁school , ▁it ▁currently ▁oper ates ▁as ▁a ▁day ▁school . ▁ ▁Inter comm unal ▁history ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 8 , ▁E OK A ▁distributed ▁a ▁text ▁threaten ing ▁Greek ▁C yp ri ots ▁that ▁attended ▁the ▁school . ▁This ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁parents ▁removing ▁students ▁from ▁the ▁school ▁and ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁Greek ▁C yp ri ots ▁att ending ▁fell ▁from ▁ 3 1 7 ▁to ▁ 2 1 . ▁ ▁Following ▁the ▁Turkish ▁invasion ▁of ▁Cy pr us ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 , ▁Turkish ▁C yp ri ot ▁students ▁with d rew ▁from ▁the ▁school . ▁From ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁however , ▁the ▁school ▁returned ▁to ▁its ▁bi - comm unal ▁status ▁by ▁re - en rolling ▁Turkish ▁C yp ri ots . ▁▁ ▁In ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁Turkish ▁C yp ri ot ▁students ▁were ▁attacked ▁at ▁The ▁English ▁School ▁by ▁what ▁was ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁extrem ist ▁members ▁of ▁" National ▁Vo ice ▁of ▁Youth ▁with ▁a ▁Greek ▁Soul " ▁( Ε