[3][4] The male-only structure was abandoned as times changed, and Temple Moor is currently a mixed gender institution (1992).

[6] Previously a foundation school administered by Leeds City Council, in November 2018 Temple Moor High School converted to academy status.

The school is now sponsored by the Red Kite Learning Trust.

[8] The school's original houses were based on names of local historical families: Manston (red), Scargill (white), Smeaton (yellow) and Irwin (purple).

The DeLacy family is associated with Temple Newsam, an estate and country house situated nearby, from which the school derived its name and its Templar Cross emblem.