Its current headteacher is Adam Rogers,[3][4] and in 2011, the school was awarded the Good Schools Guide Art & Design Award for the highest points score for girls, taking double award GCSE over 2008, 2009, and 2010 in all English schools.

The school's logo includes a representation of the dovecote, which was part of the buildings of Sale Old Hall and is now in Walkden Gardens, and a moor-cock, a play on Sale Moor and previously used on the Urban District Council logo.

[citation needed] Its 2009 Ofsted report noted that it is an improving school with high expectations of its students.

[8] Alumni of the boys' school include playwright Robert Bolt[9] and novelist John Malcolm Andrews.

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