It obtained its official name when technical schools were formally introduced in Bath between the years 1892 and 1896,[2] and at first was housed in a new extension of the Guildhall.

Its creation arose out of the need to encourage young people to take an interest in the Sciences, and for them to be made aware of the Technical innovations that were occurring in the 19th century.

[6] The stated object of the home was "to reclaim abandoned boys, and to rescue those whose unhappy circumstances would inevitably lead them to crime and profligacy", inmates being drawn not only from Somerset but also from places at a considerable distance.

[citation needed] In 1892 technical training was started in Bath in a rented part of a large town house in Green Park, located near to the Somerset & Dorset line railway station, and a short distance from the city centre.

In 1910 Long Acre, Walcot was taken over as additional accommodation for technical training mainly as a domestic science college.

Five years later in 1888 the gaol became Goddards Sweet Factory; the factory closed in 1901 and the premises remained empty until 1914 when the entire premises, including the former Governor's House was refurbished and taken over as an outpost of the Bath Technical College catering for a wide range of technical classes.

On the Ordnance Survey map of 1932 a large field is shown in front of the Somerset Boys' Home and by 1934 it had been transformed to become a hockey pitch and tennis courts for the Domestic Science College.

The need to maintain a dominant role (with the aid of advanced technology) was deemed a necessary step to take just one year before the outbreak of World War 2.

[19] In 1939 the Admiralty took over many large buildings in Bath, including the Domestic Science College and the hockey pitch and tennis courts, and did not return them until late 1944.

Walters, a light engineering firm, took over part of the Twerton Institute and erected a temporary building in front of the former Governor's House.

In 1945 St. Peter's Church Hall in Dorset Street, Twerton and the nearby annexe[20] were leased for five years by the City Council.

He was then Headmaster, Royal Latin School, Buckingham and a former rugby international having captained the Barbarian F.C., Lancashire and England.

Thomas John Nicholas MA BSc, headmaster of the Secondary Technical School, Wigan was appointed; he was 44 when he started in September 1949.

In 1962 Weymouth House School was demolished, and Marks and Spencer and Woolworths (now Littlewoods) developed their stores to cover the site of the school, the playgrounds, St James Street South, Weymouth Street and the site of St James Church.

In 1954 pupils from surrounding areas in South Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire were included into the intake for the first time in its role as a specialist secondary technical school.

The changes in technology that are taken for granted today, and the equipment found in modern educational establishments, were a direct result of contributions made by pupils that attended these specialist schools.

In 1960 the City of Bath technical School moved to Brougham Hayes into the building formerly used by the Domestic Science College.

In 1964 the new workshop block was completed, as a result the hutments were demolished and the grounds restored to former use as a small sports facility at Brougham Hayes.

The main sports facilities were now located at Bradford road, Combe Down; some considerable distance from the school building.

Annual sports day events were held at the Norwood running track situated where the University of Bath has now been built.

[29] In 1965 The labour government declared its intention of ending pupil selection (at 11 years of age) and eliminating separation in secondary education.

In preparation the West Hill Boys' School buildings, originally constructed in 1956 at Rush Hill, were joined on an adjacent site by purpose-built 1970s science, mathematics and sixth form blocks, and the existing Victorian premises of a former GP practice became an additional staff room.

The third badge, which lasted until 1970, was designed in early 1954 by Mr Ken Box, Head of Art and included the motto, 'NISI DOMINUS FRUSTRA'.