in 1986, pupils from the school took part in the bbc domesday project in which they created a contemporary picture of their lives. icknield walk's contributors recorded details about their classes and the school's summer fete, of which one pupil wrote: "there was a sinclair c5 to ride in. it is battery powered and the handle bars are under your legs. there were other rides we could go on too, there was a chuffy train and a tractor ride". in 2011, the project was digitised as part of bbc domesday reloaded.