It is situated between Corstorphine, East Craigs and Drumbrae and it moved into new premises at the beginning of the 2003 academic year.

[citation needed] In April 2016, the new building was closed down by Edinburgh Council due to safety concerns; measures were put in place to continue classes in other premises.

The first school premises were built in 1970 on the site of a farm to provide accommodation for increasing numbers of pupils from new housing developments.

In 2020 Craigmount pupil Freddy Simonet-Lefevre was part of the Scotland team in the World Debating Championships.

Craigmount’s team were finalists in the 2020 Future Asset Competition [4] By the late-1990s the school was catering for more pupils than it was designed for, and the low-quality fabric of the building was deteriorating.