[3] Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council described it as "a good school with a number of outstanding features".

In the Ofsted report, published in November 2006,[2] the school was rated Good, point 2 on a four-point scale, with the following aspects being assessed as Outstanding: The performance in English, Mathematics and Science are all above the national average but, notably, the trend has been above the national average for the last four-year and well above for the last three.

[5] In March 2007 it was revealed by the Yorkshire Post that a special investigation by council auditors into the accounts at the school raised questions about the way it was using public money.

Trips to Australia and Austria, stays in expensive hotels and the purchase of clothes for staff were among the items investigated.

In 2003 the School reached the finals of the Birmingham FA's annual Girls Football Festival.