When the school opened in 1957, it was very small and could only hold a limited number of pupils; over time the school added additional buildings, and several different subjects were included in the curriculum, such as woodwork and metalwork, but these were dropped through curriculum change.

[4] The £80,000 church opened at Christmas 1967, with the first priest, 41-year-old Peter Tierney, arriving from Swadlincote in September 1968; he came from Leicester, having attended Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys.

The new RC church was consecrated on 12 September 1968 by Archbishop Igino Eugenio Cardinale, of the Apostolic Nunciature to Great Britain.

There were temporary units such as The Magdalene Centre, chiefly used for special needs and general education; it was demolished in 2008.

Teresa House was discontinued in 2010 due to a lack of pupils and was later re-introduced in 2021.