[5][6] From 1954 to 2020, it was a voluntary aided school administered by Bury Metropolitan Borough Council, and later gained status as a specialist Science College.

The school celebrated its Diamond anniversary in 2014, which was marked by a visit by the Bishop of Salford.

I pronounce in Latin), had been published for many years but the final issue was produced in December 2019.

[9] The school's Form classes are named after Roman Catholic saints and martyrs from Lancashire and North West England and consist of Arrowsmith, Lyne, Southworth, Ward, Barlow, Clitheroe, Plessington and Rigby.

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