At the opening was Bishop Edward Ellis and Anne Yates, the chairman of Nottinghamshire County Council.

[4] Previously a voluntary aided school administered by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire County Council, Christ The King School was converted to with academy status on 1 October 2012 and was renamed Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy, becoming part of the Pax Christi Multi-Academy Trust.

In 2016, a new extension to the sixth form centre at Christ the King was constructed with study space for students with computer access.

[7] In 2013, while on a school-organised skiing trip to Austria, teacher Jonathan Taylor died in a tragic accident after falling down a bank.

[9] In January 2016, a substance in the science preparation laboratory was found to be incorrectly stored and had dried out and become explosive.