It was the first government high school established by the British under the East India Company in the Bengal province for teaching English literature and science.

Mr. Redge, an English missionary, acted as the first head master of the school.

In its first batch it had Nawab of Dhaka Khwaja Abdul Ghani as a student.

The school is located in Sadarghat crossing, west of Bahadur Shah Park and south of Jagannath University, on the banks of the Buriganga River.

[2] The school offers courses in science, humanities and commerce and classes conducted in two shifts (morning and day).