[1][2] The school was built by Brierley Hill Urban District Council in 1961, and serves an area of Kingswinford which was mostly developed after the Second World War.

The catchment for the school is bounded in the south by Lawnswood Road (Wordsley), in the east by Stream Road and Moss Grove (Kingswinford) and in the north and west by the county boundary between West Midlands and Staffordshire.

C Block remained standing for five years until 5 November 2008, when the roof was destroyed in an arson attack.

The sign was moved sometime in the 1990s, aligning it with the west edge of the school grounds.

It is among the best performing secondary schools in the Dudley borough, with 78% of GCSE students gaining 5 or more A*-C grades in 2010.