The catchment area is the eastern part of Rutland including Cottesmore, Empingham and Ketton but the college attracts many of its students from Stamford, across the Lincolnshire boundary.

In December 2014, Ofsted rated the college as ‘requires improvement’ in all areas (teaching, behaviour, leadership and achievement).

[3] The then principal Victoria Crosher defended the fall in rating as partly due to changes in the "C" boundary at GCSE.

In 2015 it consulted on moving its entire sixth form from Oakham to its Casterton site.

However, in March 2017, the college announced that the sixth form would be closing as not enough students showed interest to study there.