A lecture theatre was built in 2007 and was joined by a state-of-the-art independent learning centre in 2011.

In October 2005, a helium balloon launched at a school fete on 24 September 2005 was found in Karesuando, Sweden.

Aerial photographs and minor archaeological excavations in 1976 indicated the presence of the remains of a Roman villa underneath the school's sports fields.

A more major excavation in 2003 uncovered Roman era floor mosaics and walls once belonging to this villa,[2] along with a stone structure believed to have once been part of an early Christian baptistery.

[3] In 2016, 79% of the school's GCSE pupils achieved grades 5 A* to C including English and Mathematics.