 The school was also known for a period as Worcester Vocational Technical High School (WVTHS) beginning around 1975.When the David Hale Fanning Trade School (commonly called "Girls' Trade" or DHFTS) in Worcester closed its Chatham Street premises some years later, the curriculum, staff and student body transferred to WVTHS.Since many new non-technical areas of study were added by the merging of the two schools, the word "Technical" was dropped from the school's name.