The two sites are joined by a skywalk which cost £800,000 in 2004, replacing an outdoor metal bridge which had been deemed impractical.

The school has had visits from the Quicken Trust, a Christian organisation which works with people in Kabubu, Africa.

Bishop Bell has links with Schlenker Secondary school from Freetown, Sierra Leone, within which it helped to implement an IT centre in 2008.

This was after the Diocese of Chichester paid compensation and apologised after sex abuse allegations were made against Bishop George Bell in a civil claim.

[6] Following a period of poor performance, the school's educational achievement improved when Terry Boatwright became head teacher in 1995.

There was an increase in the number of pupils achieving 5 A*-C grade GCSEs for eleven consecutive years.

In March 2018, Mark Talbot announced that he was resigning as Principal of the school, after being appointed CEO of the Diocese of Chichester Academy Trust.

In May 2018, the school announced that Solomon Berhane would be replacing Mr Talbot starting September that year.