In a 2019 Belfast Telegraph survey of GCSE performance of every post-primary school that undertakes the examinations in Northern Ireland it ranked 156 out of 186.

It was announced on 1 March 2001 by the Department of Education for Northern Ireland that a new school campus was to be built to accommodate 1,650 pupils with an investment package totalling £21 million.

[5] All year groups moved into the new school building located on the Castle Park Road in 2008.

[7] The plans were rejected by Northern Ireland education minister Paul Givan.

The pupil to teacher ratios for 2012-2013 was 16:6 calculated by the Department of Education for Northern Ireland.

There are curriculum links with the South Eastern Regional College (SERC) which is directly across the road from the school.

[14] Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex officially opened the new building on Thursday 3 December 2009.