St Aidan's was founded in 1968 as a small secondary school with just over 600 students-today it is a thriving community of near 2000 students aged 11-19, regularly being ranked among the top comprehensive schools in the country. It converted to Academy status in 2011 and set up a Multi AcademyTrust with locak primary schools in March 2015. St Aidan's was also awarded Teaching Status in August 2015. St Aidan's Onwards was set up in 2018 and currently growing our Alumni Database.