This new status has enabled increased funding for the school in order to develop its mathematics and ICT facilities.

In a 2006 Ofsted report, it was noted that "The effectiveness and efficiency of the sixth form are good with some outstanding features, such as the contribution the students make to the life of the school".

[2] On 14 April 2009, it was announced that headteacher Kate Kearney would step down at the end of the 2009 spring term.

An Ofsted inspection in March 2009, reported that the school required special measures because it was failing to deliver an acceptable standard of education.

These include sports, choir, drama, dance, skiing trips, and residential visits.