[5] In February 2018, proposals were approved for Bolton Council to work with seven secondary schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton to increase its capacity due to an increasing demand for places.

A separate consultation would be held for a building extension with a planning application submitted to the council, and concerns were raised by parents over the lack of outdoor space for current students.

A proposal was sent to the Executive Cabinet Member for Children Services to authorise the publication of a 'statutory notice' to increase places, and if approved, the admission number increase will take place in September.

[6][7] The funding was approved in August 2018 and the building extension was approved by the council's planning committee in December 2018, which involved a new two-storey classroom block being built on a field behind the school, and an existing smaller block being demolished; construction began in 2019.

Councillors however warned it would not meet future demands and due to new developments in Westhoughton meant more places would need to be created.