[1] Prior to the rebranding, St Thomas Aquinas had a poor reputation in the community.

[2][3] Since the renaming, the school's academic performance has improved.

It was rated "outstanding" and "good" in all aspects at the 2010 Diocesan inspection report[4] and has been commended by Ofsted for "good practice" in its teaching.

[5] In March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, the school, along with all of the schools in the UK and abroad, was shut until further notice, leaving students into home learning.

Due to their GCSEs being cancelled, the Year 11 students left the school three months earlier.