[1][2] It is administered by the Victorian Department of Education, with an enrolment of 581 students and a teaching staff of 54, as of 2023.

[3] The land was acquired in 1921 by the Education Department and was designed by E. Evan Smith.

[3] The first head teacher, William Hardy, was appointed on 27 January 1925[4] and the school was officially opened by the minister of education at the time, Alexander Peacock on 26 February 1925.

[5] A fair was conducted in 1927 to gain funds to build the school's library[6] and in 1928 a playground was constructed by the Hawthorn City Council for the students.

[10][11][12][13] A similar incident occurred in 1939 when a learner driver killed a 9-year-old girl just outside the school grounds.