[5] York High School has achieved positive Ofsted reports,[6] and currently has a 'good' rating.

[7] Between 5–6 a.m. on the morning of Friday 3 October 2008, a third of the school buildings on the Dijon Avenue site were burnt down in a fire.

Students were given a week off school while staff and local authority officials put into place alternative educational arrangements for the pupils, and during this week many sporting and community activities were laid on.

[9] Subsequently, the Dijon Avenue site was closed and all pupils are in the newly built school.

[14] On 19 July 2024 the last "Message from the Head" post was made by Sims saying his goodbyes at the end of the Academic year.