[2] The same site also contains the Whitefield's Research and Development Centre, home of the academy's training functions, an outreach service and a specialist library.

[3][1] In 2021, an inquiry into alleged systematic abuse at the school has been initiated following the discovery of CCTV footage showing students being assaulted and neglected in seclusion rooms from 2014 to 2017.

A whistleblower equated the conditions to "torture" and criticized the school’s internal investigations.

[4] In 2024, some staff who were filmed allegedly abusing the students are still employed at the school and have not been barred from working with children.

[4] The Metropolitan police conducted a criminal investigation into alleged abuse from 2014 to 2017, but the Crown Prosecution Service concluded no further action should be taken based on the evidence available.