It serves the areas of Great Coates, The Willows and Wybers Wood, although it has an intake from across Grimsby now that it has its own transport.

Crosland implemented Comprehensive Education across the UK, specifically removing most grammar schools.

[13] On the evening of Saturday 30 June 1984, when returning from the Lords cricket ground with 25 boys, the school Sherpa minibus hit a broken down Chrysler Alpine on the M1 near Long Buckby.

The Alpine driver was Ishmail Kapadia, a 24 year old student, of Tinton Road in Perry Barr, driving back from Colchester.

The first minibus was driven by a PE teacher, 26 year old Malcolm Jackson, of Clixby Close in Cleethorpes.

[14][15] The 14 year old third-year Andrew Thomas of 30 Tyler Avenue, Grimsby, was killed, when thrown from the minibus.

[19] In July 1970, Grimsby Education Committee gave £10,000 towards the establishment of a regional film theatre.

The cinema was bought from (former) Grimsby council when it was going to be closed by a group of amateurs who also had in their possession a large film library.

[22] The commercial operation briefly closed in April 2005 due to competition from the nine-screen Parkway Cinema in Cleethorpes which opened in November 2004 but the group of amateurs stepped in two weeks later.

[26] The proportion of pupils achieving Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs was above the local authority average of 34%.

[29] The rapid improvement in inspections may be down to the hard work of the new head teacher Robert Spendlow and his staff.