It is the principal settlement in Culcheth and Glazebury civil parish.

For sports the school has: a large multi-use sports hall; an activity studio for use with dance/gym/trampolines; an AstroTurf pitch for all year round football and several rugby pitches and cricket strip.

Science labs, technology suites, and ICT rooms are at all levels in the school, which operates a full wireless network for laptops in each department and interactive ICT resources in every classroom.

The sixth form closed at the end of the 2013/14 academic year.

In the 2013-2014 academic year there were only 54 students who attended the sixth form.