The school moved to its current semi-rural setting soon after, in the 1960s it became fully co-educational.

In the 1990s the school added new modern buildings and later, in the mid-2000s, added modern sporting facilities such as an all-weather pitch and state of the art indoor sports hall.

This new building, which houses a modern Drama studio as well, was opened in 2006 by the Northern Ireland international footballer, David Healy.

Neil Menzies attended the school having left in the mid-1970s, and has since progressed to be an eminent surveyor in the field of Quantity Surveying.

He is a long-term member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), and is widely considered by many[weasel words] to have helped define the approach of the modern surveyor with a charismatic and unique approach to his craft; particularly in relation to dispute resolution in construction contract disputes.