It was reopened in new £48 million buildings designed by Nicholas Hare Architects in 2011 and was renamed Crown Woods College.

[citation needed] Between 1964 and 1985 or later the school had a boarding section for 120 children, mainly of serving Forces personnel, called The Lodge.

In a humiliating 11th-hour climbdown, Ofsted agreed to an out-of-court settlement which spared it the embarrassment of a public hearing.

[6][7] In a £100m investment by Greenwich Council that formed part of the government's 'Building Schools for the Future' initiative,[8][9] the school was reopened in new £48 million buildings designed by Nicholas Hare Architects and built by main contractor Balfour Beatty,[9] and was renamed Crown Woods College.

The school is part of the Leigh Academies Trust[12] and is sponsored by the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers.