[4] Cockburn School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.

[7][8] The site had previously housed Southern Higher Grade School.

[13] Cockburn School contains a business known as The Glassroom, developed by Education Leeds, in which students recycle unwanted glass to make new products.

[14] The Glassroom produces a product each year to be presented at the White Rose Centre Community Awards.

[15][16] In October 2019, the Arts Council awarded Cockburn School the Platinum level Artsmark.