Located in the city centre, next to Bergen Cathedral, the school has about 850 students,[1] 95 full-time teachers,[2] and 5 administration personnel,[3] including the headmaster, Karen Kristine Rasmussen.

Although the earliest written records documenting the school's existence date back to 1288, Bergen Cathedral School is believed to have been founded in 1153 by Nicholas Breakspear, who became Pope Adrian IV in 1154.

[5] In February 2008, it was decided that the building would be renovated at a price of 6 million NOK as a temporary solution that would last until at least 2014.

The school is the only one in Bergen offering the IB Diploma Programme, from which about forty students graduate per year.

[8] A number of the most famous alumni in the history of the school are engraved in a plaque in the old building from 1840: