 From April 1974 it was administered by Birmingham City Council.In March 1999, BBC Radio 4's "Music Machine" programme came from the school, interviewing the clarinettist Emma Johnson.The school underwent a £15 million rebuilding program, designed by architects Watkins Gray International (www.wgi.co.uk), that saw most of the original school demolished to make way for the new buildings; only the Sports Hall, Drama Studio and Sixth Form Centre have remained.