It held classes first at Seva Sadan, which had no room for expansion for the increasing number of students.

More, the first principal, negotiated with the government for leasing a larger piece of land, about a 10-acre (4.0 ha) patch, near No.10 bus stop.

More acquired 48.54 acres (19.64 ha) in Shahapura, the present site of Campion School, in the name of Bombay Xaverian Corporation.

"The Campion School Society" was registered on 1 April 1972 and construction of the building began.

Campion School was moved into an incomplete building on the present site in July 1974.

The girls studied at Campion for a year or two before they were admitted into St. Joseph’s, Idgah Hills, or Carmel Convent School, BHEL.

Jesuits invited the Sisters of the Mercy of the Holy Cross to work with them in the primary school, which they have done since 1982.

Alphonse Tirkey, S.J., as principal started a Hindi-medium section of the school in July 1993, for those who find instruction difficult through English.

Fair school, thy gracious gifts for mind and soul let me not miss We pray that all thy sons may reach their goal eternal bliss There is a challenge every man must meet who walks by day But Campion steers me, lest my wandering feet from grace should stray.

There are libraries only in the secondary sections of the school Annual Function, festival celebrations, and various inter-house and class-level competitions are regularly held.

Since 1994, Campion School has been affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

[10] Black blazers with long sleeve white shirts are worn during winter months.

To keep the competitive spirit alive in the students, there are four houses:[10] At the instigation of Father More, Campion was the first school of Bhopal to have a marching band.

[12] Campion School has yielded many famous personalities like Lieutenant General Vinod G. Khandare, Military Advisor to the National Security Council Secretariat of India, Lieutenant General Bobby Mathews, Member of the Armed Forces Tribunal, Congress Leader and MP Assembly Leader of Opposition Ajay Singh, Senior Vice-President at Google Prabhakar Raghavan, Vineet Buch (All India Joint Entrance Exam (IIT-JEE)-1987 AIR -1 - A venture capitalist based in San Francisco, Dr. JS Pandey, Shayaan Raza Khan, Jyotiraditya Kushwah (Advocate, Supreme court of India), Abhinav Sathe (Batch 2008) - Current Indian Men's Hockey Team Physiotherapist[13] [14] and several other famous personalities.