It was opened in 2014 as a 14 to 19 University Technical College,[6] but transitioned into an 11-18 free school in September 2018.

At Key Stage 4, students can study the group of subjects designated by the government as EBacc, the English Baccalaureate.

These are the core academic subjects: English, Mathematics, History or Geography, two sciences and a language.

In addition, they added basic PE lessons to meet the Department of Education's requirements.

The academy is built on the former site of a fire station, on the A52 Clifton Boulevard in Dunkirk, Nottingham.

[13] In addition to the standard features that one finds on a secondary school, there are specialist rooms provided for the STEM subjects.