In September 2019, TOAN opened the doors to its new £5 million building, which facilitates the entire Humanities' classrooms - along with several miscellaneous subjects and a "state-of-the-art" lecture theatre[1][2] Some of the former headteachers were (oldest first): Gillian McMullen (at Grange School), Colette Burgess, Martin Knowles,Christopher Davis and Rachel Hallam.

In 2021, video of Muslim TOAN students performing Friday prayers outside the academy "in the cold" circulated online.

This caused online "outrage", condemnation and criticism from Muslims, and praise for the students for the commitment towards their religion.

[7] Old Tweets made by TOAN's headteacher Rachel Hallam were discovered in 2022 containing "racial and derogatory comments".

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