The school was initially set for 400 students aged 16 to 19, and was to be built alongside the then Reebok Stadium, with completion scheduled for 2016.[4] It offered vocational sixth form courses in sport, health and social care, business, public services and childcare.[5] Courses included BTECs at levels 1, 2 and 3.[6]
It was reported in March 2017 that Bolton Wanderers had charged the “failing free school £600,000 in rent”.[7] The school subsequently closed four months later as a result of low pupil numbers, which led the school’s trustees to deem it “not financially viable”.[8] The school had a deficit of more than £380,000 at the time of its closure.[9]