It is a member of The Priory Federation of Academies[3] and leads the government's School Games Organiser programme.

[7] The school was built by FR Eccleshare Ltd of Dixon Street,[8] to be finished by the end of June 1968.

[11][12] It was officially opened on Friday 27 September 1968, by Sir Francis Hill and the Bishop of Lincoln, Kenneth Riches.

[20] The team was Andrew Dobbs aged 11, Raymond Yarsley, John Herrick, and Anoottam Ghosh.

[22] In the quarter-final the team faced boys of Whitley Bay Grammar School on Thursday 15 May 1969.

[26] In September 1974 it became a co-educational Comprehensive School and was known as City of Lincoln Community College.

With federation membership, a multimillion-pound redevelopment of the site was initiated, with work commencing in 2010 and completed in 2012.