As of 2021, the number of students at the school is 373, including the sixth form, but capacity is 665.

[3] Previously a foundation school administered by Staffordshire County Council, the school converted to academy status in April 2016, joining The Talentum Learning Trust.

[3] The school continues to coordinate with Staffordshire County Council for admissions.

The school operates a joint sixth form with Westwood College, the Leek Federation Sixth Form,[4] with a shuttle bus operating between the two sites.

[5][6] It expanded throughout the twenty years following until 1921 when the girls were transferred to Westwood Hall.