The school celebrated its silver jubilee in September 1987.

In 2003, the school secured a £850,000 bid to build a new sports hall, after going 30 years without one.

The sports hall can accommodate four badminton courts, and was completed in 2004.

[5] There had been plans to build a sports hall as far back as 1991, when a proposed £350,000 scheme was to be part funded by £180,000 from the council and £75,000 from the Sports Council, however Lancashire County Council failed to commit funds to the scheme and it was shelved.

[6] In late November 2011, as part of the school's conversion to Academy status, the Governing Body announced that the school would be renamed as Tarleton Academy from January 2012.