 As a result of local Government reorganisation in 1996, it became one of 16 comprehensive schools in Caerphilly County Borough.From September 2007, as the result of closure of two of the secondary schools in the Borough (Bedwellty in 2005 and St Ilan in 2007), it became one of 14 secondary schools.The school serves the community to the east of the River Rhymney.