Westminster is in the heart of the city and as such, space is at a premium and buildings have to be very compact. As a counter to this, students have Westminster Abbey and the houses of Parliament as neighbours. The school fosters a genuinely intellectual environment rather than just being purely results-orientated. Westminster students show a great aptitude for independent learning and exploring, bolstered by the top-class education given to them by their teachers. Outside of the classroom, things have taken a turn for the better in recent times. Students are now lucky enough to have a new gym for their sporting needs, replacing the old one underneath the Abbey, which students were not too keen on. The school makes up for the lack of space by offering students lots of different sports. However, there are not as many team sports as other schools.