According to the BBC's Domesday Project, in 1986 the school had 840 pupils between the ages of 11 and 16.

The buildings were reported to have been 10 years old at the time, in front of extensive playing fields on a site of 17 acres.

In February 2017, it was announced that the school was proposing the creation of a satellite school at the Aylesbury Vale Academy's former site due to lack of space and population increase predictions.

At the time the proposals were made, the school was expected to open in September 2018 with a Year 7 intake of 120 students.

[9] Previously a voluntary aided school administered by Buckinghamshire County Council,[10] in April 2023 St Michael's Catholic School converted to academy status.