Origin
The school was formed in 1983 by the amalgamation of Breezehill Girls School and Westfield Boys School on the Breezehill site. In 2008 it had a school roll of 1,163, of which 137 were in the Sixth Form. It is an Academy. The amalgamation was the result of Wellingborough Council's attempt to prune the amount of secondary schools. The Westfield site was eventually sold as prime housing stock land.
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