Both were built in 2012 as replacements for the island's three ageing comprehensives, and as a response to the island's decreasing numbers of 11- to 16-year-olds.
Cornelius Vermuyden occupies the same site as its predecessor near Waterside Farm, while Castle View School - within the town centre and centre of the island - has replaced Furtherwick Park School, having previously existed within the island's north/central Winter Gardens Ward, overlooked by Hadleigh Castle.