Timeline of The School
- 1992 - Became a self-governing school with grant-maintained status
- 1994 - New science block opened by Sir Henry Nevile, Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire
- 1999 - Continued as a self-governing School, converting to Foundation status Beacon
- 2000 - The first 11 to 18 school in Lincolnshire to become a Beacon school
- 2001 - The first school in Lincolnshire to be appointed as a specialist school for languages
- 2002 - Language site opened by Anne, Princess Royal on 18 April
- 2003 - Achievement award for examination performance. Listed as a particularly effective school by Ofsted (one of four such schools in Lincolnshire)
- 2004 - John Alexander Music Suite opened, after a donation of £125,000
- 2005 - New technology suite opened by Stewart Pattinson, grandson of Sir Robert Pattinson. Recognised as a high-performing specialist school by the Department for Education and Skills.
- 2006 - Appointed as a Languages and Science College
- 2011 - Granted academy status. Name change to Sir Robert Pattinson Academy.
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