[1] It caters for a wide range of children aged between 11 and 19, including those with a hearing impairment.

There have been extensive improvements to the campus in more recent years, replacing over 20 'temporary' huts and creating new Teaching Areas.

The Osterley Extension was opened on 2 April 1996 by Councillor Millie Blister, Deputy Mayor of Hounslow and the School's newest building, The Hogarth Building, which was built as part of the Heston School's Project at a cost of more than £10 million was officially opened in February 2010 by Councillor Peter Thompson, the then Leader of the Council though the Building had actually been in use since January of the same year.

It became a Foundation School in November 2010 forming a partnership with the National Deaf Children's Society and the University of the Arts London.

These close partnerships have been maintained as the School moved into a new era gaining academy status on 1 November 2012.