It formerly offered a range of VCE subjects as well as the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning program.

[3] In 2008, the then Labor state government announced a $100 million pledge to seven Victorian secondary schools.

[7] On 1 March 2012, the principal Barbara Laidlaw announced that the merger would not proceed, stating that the school had "a strong and dynamic future".

[12] Some students of the school posted pictures, videos, and messages on a Facebook page in its memory.

[13][14] In October 2013, Maroondah City Council announced its intention to re-open the site of Parkwood Secondary College as a Community House and Men's Shed.