As part of the Bassetlaw PFI project, the school buildings in Retford were replaced.

At this time the Sixth form was moved to a purpose-built Post 16 centre jointly run with other schools.

In the 2018-19 academic year the school had 875 pupils on the register aged 11–18, of which 49% were boys and 51% were girls.

The percentage of pupils missing 10% or more of the mornings or afternoons they could attend (classified as 'persistently absent') is lower than the national average at 12.1% compared to 13.7%.

[6] The school produces a termly newsletter, The Elizabethan Highlights, which is distributed to current students and other interested parties.

In 1893, a meeting was convened at the White Hart Hotel, Retford 'to consider the advisability of taking steps to establish a public High School for Girls in the district'.

The prime instigator in this project was the manager of the Westminster Bank, Mr William Oakden, who in 1891 had moved from Nottingham to Retford.

The school eventually found a site on the corner of Pelham Road and Queen Street, adjacent to the canal.

The formal opening of the County High School for Girls, Retford, took place on the 23 July 1913.

The ceremony was performed by Lady Galway and an address was given by Mr HAL Fisher, Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield University.

The former Pelham Road/Queen Street site was demolished when the school moved to new buildings in Hallcroft and was renamed The Elizabethan Academy.