Originally an Anglican-affiliated boys school of the Newfoundland Cathedral,[2] it later also admitted girls.

It currently teaches approximately 350 children in grades Kindergarten to Grade 6 that offers an English language stream as well as an Early French Immersion Program.

[5] The Feildian was a monthly magazine pertaining to BFC and other Church of England schools in Newfoundland.

[6] The current building, located at 46 Bond Street and built in 1926 by Anglin and Norcross, was designed by the architect Eustace G. Bird in Collegiate Gothic Revival style.

At the entranceway, there are places that represent the coasts of arms of the school, city, province, and the diocese.