 In 1983 the first cohort of Year 11 students occurred and the school became John Willcock Senior High School.The school was amalgamated with Geraldton Senior College in 1997 and was known as the Geraldton Secondary College (Highbury Campus).By 2003 the name was changed again to John Willcock College and school catered for students from Year 8 to 9 with most students continuing onto the senior college upon graduating..