It held a Mathematics and Computing Specialist college status up until 2015.

It is also the fastest growing 11-16 school in Derbyshire.

The school was in a consortium with The Bolsover School, Shirebrook Academy and Springwell Community College that formed "Aspire Sixth Form", a sixth form provision that operated across all the school sites from September 2014.

[1] However, due to lack to students willing to enrol and poor performance, ASPIRE Sixth Form ceased to exist for the 2016-17 A-Level students.

[2] Previously a community school administered by Derbyshire County Council, in April 2017 Heritage High School converted to academy status.