This created obvious benefits to the students, who then had the facilities of two schools at their disposal, such as two canteens, two assembly-halls and a large combined school-field.

Initially, the lower-secondary section (Sec' 1 to 2) was housed in Campus 1 (at the former Braddell Secondary School) and the upper-secondary section (Sec' 3 to 5) was situated at Campus 2 (at the former Westlake Secondary School).

Although the yearly enrollment of the school typically fell short of 1000 students, this caused a close-knit community of students to be formed in a cosy and relatively quaint atmosphere.

After being abandoned for 12 years, the buildings of both old secondary schools, together with that of the nearby Westlake Primary School (abandoned in 2002), were finally demolished in January 2017 to make way for Raffles Girls' School (RGS), which would be relocated from Anderson Road near the town-centre at Orchard to Braddell in order to bring both RGS and Raffles Institution (RI) (both affiliated schools) closer together.

The remaining staff and students were transferred to Guangyang Secondary School.