 Before Finham Park School opened, pupils in the area went to a variety of Coventry schools.A sixth-form block was opened in 2006 and the old sixth-form block became the Personalised Learning Center (PLC), used for Supportive Studies for the main school.In 2005, Finham Park School became the first school in Coventry to offer the IB Diploma Programme, as an alternative to A Levels.