[1] The secondary school provided education to children of both sexes and employed both male and female teachers, which was not common for that time.

In September 2007 the school was officially renamed Castleford High School Technology and Sports College due to the success of the rugby, football and netball teams gaining it a Sports College classification.

The school gets reasonable results at GCSE for West Yorkshire, well above the England average.

In the sixth form college they offer 3 BTEC Extended Diplomas (at Level 3) in Performance and Excellence (sport), Health and Social Care, and Public Services (uniformed).

The school has suffered from one incident of arson, with a fire on 4 January 2007 started by three teenagers.