[1] As part of the reorganisation of the education system on the Isle of Wight, Cowes Pathfinder Partnership was successful in their bid against Academies Enterprise Trust take over the school.

As part of the reorganisation, a bid for £30.5 million was won from the Department for Education and Skills to rebuild the school with a carbon-neutral building, with an aim of being completed by 2012.

[5] At the beginning of December 2012, parents received a letter stating that occupation of the new building now would not take place until September 2013.

[6] Prior to the new opening of the school, headteacher David Snashall stated he would be standing down, with Dave Goodhead taking over.

[8] "Personal circumstances" forced Pearce's departure in November 2014 and former Ofsted inspector John Peckham was appointed to "take the school to the next stage"[9]