 As of 2007, the school has been awarded the right to teach the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme, becoming the first school in Britain and the first state school in the world to teach the course.In 2019, The school achieved the top IB results in the country for the second time.The school was rated "Outstanding" in its last Ofsted inspection in 2008 and will not be inspected again unless concerns are raised about its performance in an interim assessment.