The college has over 4,000 students,[1] studying on a wide range of practical and academic courses in many subjects.

The college previously had a second site on Newstead Road, but consolidated to a single main campus at Cranford Avenue in 2000.

In 1939, the school began sharing this site with South Dorset Technical College.

In the 1960s, the school moved to new premises in Chickerell Road, leaving the technical college with sole use of the site.

In 2001, the Newstead Road site was sold for housing development, and all students based there were transferred to new facilities at the Cranford Avenue campus, creating the college as it exists today.