It catered for 300 students of all ages, separated into different schools for boys, girls, and infants.

[6] After its usage as a hospital ended, the school was expanded to include new handicraft, arts, and sciences blocks, and four new classrooms as well as a playing field.

[7] On re-opening in December 1919, it was renamed to the Cheltenham Central School for Advanced Instruction, accommodating 300 pupils aged 11–13.

[8] In 1949, it was merged again into Cheltenham Technical High School, under reforms made by the Education Act 1944.

[9] Work on the current site on Warden Hill Road began in 1967, with a second phase beginning in 1971.

The previous site on Gloucester Road was used by Gloucestershire College of Arts and Technology until demolition in 2003, after which it was replaced with a housing estate.

[12] The school occupies a large area in the Warden Hill ward of Cheltenham.

[13] It is based around a central quadrangle, with extensions built for humanities, sixth form, and science blocks.

[20] Prior to this the 6 Houses were called Brontie, Curie, Fry, Holst, Pitt and Wren.

[30] The school follows the national curriculum up to GCSE level, with ability-based setting from year 8 onwards.

[citation needed] Sixth form students study 3 or 4 GCE A-Levels, 3 Level 3 vocational qualifications, or a mixture of both.

[32] The school runs a series of lectures from external speakers in partnership with the University of Gloucestershire.

It received primarily positive feedback, but was instructed to focus more on the key concepts of the curriculum and ensuring reading fluency for all students.

As of the 2022/2023 year, the school had a Progress 8 score of 0.52 for GCSE qualifications, falling into the 'well above average' banding.