After Phase II of a new building programme costing £7.4 million began in the summer of 2008, the school reopened in 2009 as a joint-faith Roman Catholic and Church of England voluntary aided school administered by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Shrewsbury and the Church of England Diocese of Chester.

[4] In March 2022 St Chad's Catholic and Church of England High School converted to academy status and was renamed St Chad's Catholic and Church of England Academy.

In October 2023, the school was renamed Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy.

[6] He was noted for his cheerfulness, computer skills, and devotion to the Eucharist, which became a core theme of his life.

It has hosted fundraising events to help support the Kenyan school, which gives young people who live in poverty a chance to get a better education.