As an academy, the school was originally sponsored by The Aldridge Foundation and GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels and further BTECs.
As an academy, the school was originally sponsored by The Aldridge Foundation and Dorset County Council, and has specialisms in Environmental Science and in Sports Science. IPACA offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels and further BTECs.