 Ex-headmaster Frank Keenan was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 2005.The school celebrated its 50th Anniversary Jubilee in July 2011 and became an academy on 17 August 2011.In 2013, it was announced that ex-headteacher Mr P Travis had decided to work elsewhere; then deputy headteacher Mrs Gemma Ackred (née Nye) was appointed as Acting Headteacher and later proceeded to become the Headteacher in late 2013 after wide support from the students and staff.