[2] A new "hi tech" building for the school opened in March 2003, replacing the annex which had been in use since the 1920s.

[5][6] In December 2013, it was reported that a quarter of teachers faced redundancy, due to more schools competing for fewer pupils.

[7] In June 2014, Trevor Ainsworth, the deputy headteacher, announced his retirement from the school, after spending his entire teaching career in Rhyddings, starting in 1977.

[11] Previously a community school administered by Lancashire County Council,[12] in June 2022 Rhyddings converted to academy status.

[13] Rhyddings offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.