The school is part of the Red Kite Alliance[1][2] – a partnership of schools and universities in Yorkshire focused on providing school-to-school support and training new teachers.

[3][4] Nidderdale High School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.

In July 2017, a group of children from the school were runners-up in the Project Reinvent Challenge, sponsored by Drax Power and won a share of the £10 000 prize for their design for a new climbing wall.

[5] In December 2017, the school received media attention after part-time art teacher Bridget Adams[6] won The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Award for her artwork Organised Kindness.

[8] Previously a community school administered by North Yorkshire Council,[9] in September 2023 Nidderdale High School converted to academy status.