[1] From 2010 to 2013, there were plans to merge Lostock College (as it was then known) with Stretford High School to create a new academy.

These plans faced significant opposition from parents at both schools as well as students at Lostock.

[4] In 2012, Lostock High School was criticised by Nick Pickles of Big Brother Watch for having four CCTV cameras located in children's toilets.

[7] In 2020, 13-year-old Lostock High School pupil Tamia Riley, who is mixed-race, launched a petition calling for retailers to have 'more variety and skin tones in nude undergarments'.

[8][4] Riley received support from her school for her campaign[4] and was the subject of local and national media attention, appearing on the BBC's children's news programme Newsround.