Founded in 1982, the school inhabits a building built by the Victorian architect Augustus Pugin.

It is based in a Victorian manor house, originally designed and built for the Whitgreave family by Augustus Pugin.

In September 1982, in a leased building, the School was officially opened by its first patron the Right Honourable, the Earl of Shrewsbury.

Dr J R Garrood, the first Headmaster, began his first day with 17 pupils and 3 part-time teachers.

In the academic year that finished in June 2006 the school was ranked top in Staffordshire based on league table results.