Under the delegated Northern Ireland education system, the year groups are numbered differently to their English cousins.

The college was formed in 1994 and after one year at a temporary campus in Silverhill, it moved to its present address at Drumcoo in the north-west of the town.

[3] This was soon followed by a statement from the PSNI, saying that the school was under investigation due to "a report of allegations of non-recent inappropriate behaviour".

[6]: 6 In year 11, for Key Stage 4, students follow the Department of Education’s Entitlement Framework Curriculum,[7] they are obliged to continue with core subjects augmented with options.

[6]: 7 The core subjects are Careers, Citizenship, English, Mathematics, Personal Development, Physical Education and Religious Studies.