[6] Further extensions to this building, designed by Government Architect Richard Wells, were completed in 1924 and officially opened by the Minister for Education, Albert Bruntnell.

Crows Nest Boys' staff and community attempted to retain the school as a TAFE NSW college, but in March 1992 the Minister for Education, Virginia Chadwick, announced it would close.

[11][14] The controversy continued after the closure when the last Headmaster, Don Weir, was refused several appointments and was only offered a lower position by the Department.

[15] The buildings of the former Crows Nest Boys High School are heritage items listed under the North Sydney Local Environment Plan 2013.

[16] In 2014, the Department of Education resolved to create a new public high school in the North Sydney area (on the site of Bradfield College, which would move to St Leonards).