sentences:  In 2007 there were 512 pupils.In 2013 the then Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, described Sexey's as "one of the most outstanding schools in the country," during an interview on the "Andrew Marr Show" on BBC One.As a state boarding (and day) school, Sexey's has complex funding arrangements with both state (government funded) and independent income (for the boarding function).