[3] Construction on the 22 acres (8.9 ha) new school site started in April 1970 with an estimated total cost of £485,000.

[7] On 22 June, a spokesman for Lancashire County Council said that the damage was not serious enough to cause a delay and that construction work would continue.

[8] The cost of the damage was quoted by the surveyor Leslie Simpson as being £6,300, while the three boys were ordered into local authority care following court proceedings in October 1971.

[15] Upon opening, the school could cater for around 900 pupils, with future provision for expanding to 1,500 once funds became available to extend the site.

Among the concerns raised were leaking roofs, cracked walls, rotting window frames and insufficient fire exits and lighting.

[19] Construction of what would be called The Mall started at the main site in the mid-1990s to open for the 1996/1997 academic year, allowing the final closure of the Annexe.

D block was originally intended as a junior section where the younger forms could have most of their lessons, away from most of the rigours from the older students within the school.

In March 1985, education chiefs in Sefton began 12 month consultation on the proposals due to falling pupil numbers.

Overwhelming support to keep the Sixth Form at Chesterfield concluded in its retention during a decisive meeting held in October 1986.

'[26] In July 2020, the sixth form block was demolished to make way for an extension to the existing building which now houses the Humanities faculty.

In September 2021, the land on which the building stood formed part of a project for a new 3G all weather sports pitch for the school.

Also present at the ceremony were the Mayor, Councillor Terence Francis, and Mayoress, Sir Malcolm Thornton, MP, Councillor B Reynolds, Chairman of the Education Committee, John Marsden, Director of Education and Alan Moore, Director of Technical Services.

The Sixth Form Rugby team was founded in 2007 after a group of students who were relatively new to the sport started training sessions on the school field.