The report highlighted the steps that have been taken to ensure a positive, safe and successful learning experience for all students.

His Royal Highness, The Duke of Kent formally opened the school in October 2008.

In September 2009 the school was designated as a specialist sports college with its second subject being Mathematics.

In later years the school's senior houses were Edward, Foljambe, Gough, and Overend.

The junior houses were Bescoby, Darrell, Laycock, and Mason (all named after school benefactors).

[2] Headmasters of King Edward VI Grammar School[3] A diary kept by Seth Ellis Stevenson between 1752-55 survives in Wigan Archives.

Henry Clarke Mitchinson, the usher and sole remaining teacher, was acting headmaster, but his alleged harshness in corporal punishment led to various complaints and to an eventual court case.

Worksop has also had a new sixth form (and leisure centre) built under the same PFI contract.