The change required some adaptation on the part of the school's faculty, including rotating subjects and planning extended trips.

[1] An Ofsted inspection of Ninestiles in December 2019,[2] judged the school to be 'good' in overall effectiveness.

It also judged the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development and leadership and management to be 'good'.

In October 2018, Ninestiles Secondary School provoked concern after it announced that students would be banned from talking in designated "quiet" areas.

The letter explained that students would be required to remain silent while moving "to and from assembly, at lesson changeover and towards communal areas at break and lunch”.