[1] In 2017, Silverdale students achieved the top A-level results of all state schools in the city.

[2] Recent Ofsted reports have placed the school in the good category, but placed the 6th form in outstanding, as of October 2022.

Construction began 6 months late on 26 March 2007 on the site of the old playing fields and opened on 7 January 2009.

The scheme is a controversial private finance initiative, meaning ownership of the site has since transferred to Taylor Woodrow, who were named the preferred construction company in 2006.

In 2019 Silverdale was ranked in the top ten state secondary schools in the region, according to the Sunday Times.