On 1 June 2012, the school converted from secondary to academy, giving it independence from the local authority.

The school is currently owned and operated by Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust, and has been fully integrated since mid-2020.

The school opened its new sixth-form centre in November 2007 following a £5 million refurbishment, which included construction work on the new building and rebuilding science laboratories.

Sir Tom Cowie, who lived in Lanchester, donated £500,000 to the project, which was named in his honour.

You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This County Durham school or sixth form college related article is a stub.