The new headmaster from January 1965 would be Mr George Tebbutt, who was an English teacher at a Scunthorpe secondary modern school, since 1955, originally from Nottinghamshire.

[7] The school opened in April 1965, with ten classrooms, and 4.5 acres of playing fields.

Comprehensive education in nearby Grimsby would subsequently not work; the sixth forms had to be removed in 1990.

In 2005 the school had the fifth-lowest GCSE results in England, with 10% gaining 5 good GCSEs.

[16] In 2006, neighbouring St Clement's College in Skegness had the third-lowest in England, with 4% gaining 5 good GCSEs.

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