History
The College opened in 1979, however it was the site of the Warrington Girls' High School (a grammar school also known later as Warrington High School for Girls), administered by Warrington Education Committee until 1974. It was addressed as being on Menin Avenue until 1998, when it became administered by Warrington borough, previously being under Cheshire Education Committee from 1974.
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