The school is in between Higher Cambridge Street and Boundary Lane near the University of Manchester on the Oxford Road campus.

A substantial rebuilding project was completed in 2011 (£21million), with the new building fronting Higher Cambridge Street, which expanded the school.

In 2014, the school announced a £4 million project to create a sixth form centre on site.

The school takes in pupils from Manchester and surrounding areas.

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