The school opened in 1986 adjacent to Lydiard Country Park to serve as a comprehensive for the newly constructed area.

In the late 1990s a prefabricated Humanities block was installed in order to cope with an influx of new students arriving from the Swindon area.

As Greendown Community School, it was judged in 2004 by Ofsted to have serious weaknesses, and put in the category of requiring special measures to improve.

In 2015, the Academy achieved the highest results in the Swindon area with 67% gaining 5 A* – C (including English and Maths).

With the grant that was awarded, a gym was bought, a new astroturf was constructed, all computers in the school were upgraded and every mathematics classroom received interactive whiteboards.