Plans were submitted for the former Blackheath Bluecoat school site, with detached playing fields in Hervey Road, during July 2018.

[5] The school opened on a temporary site, Victoria House on Shooters Hill Road, in September 2018 with the first Year 7 cohort of 180 students and 45 staff.

It had to wait for possession until the St Mary Magdalene School, which was temporarily occupying the Bluecoat buildings, moved to its new permanent home on the Greenwich Peninsula.

[6] Bouygues UK was appointed as construction contractor for the £26M project, working with architect Stride Treglown who designed a standards-compliant, sustainable building.

[5] By comparison with a similar building in Rainham, Kent, the main 3-storey block has a figure eight-like structure, being built around two internal courtyards or atria.