After two years under construction, a new three-storey building was opened to students in Easter 2005. Previously the school had been split between two sites, 'Mercia' and 'Wessex'. This building has space for Year 7 - 11 students,
Sixth Form students, a drama studio and an
astroturf with an indoor
sports hall, known as the “Jessica-Ennis Sports Hall”. In March 2024, the school opened its brand-new
Sixth Form building, opened by the
Lord Mayor of Sheffield. The school was given good grades in an
Ofsted report, rising from 'good' to 'outstanding' in May 2013. The school used to be a Specialist
Technology College, until it became an academy in 2012. In 2013, the school's
Sports Hall was renamed to the 'Jessica Ennis Sports Hall', after its Alumna, the
Olympic gold medallist Jessica Ennis DBE Sports Hall in the snow (2017) The old 'Mercia' School site was demolished in 2005, and construction of a housing estate was completed on the site in 2019, but the school still uses the playing field which was left intact adjacent to the school's original position. (1996) ==Notable alumni==