[2] In his 2006 memoir, journalist and human rights activist Geoffrey Nyarota described the school as a "prestigious institution for wealthy white boys".

[3][1] Eagle was one of the nine founding members of the Conference of Heads of Independent Schools in Zimbabwe (CHISZ) as it was formed in the 1950s.

[4] The school's motto was Arduus Ad Solem, a Latin phrase which means "Striving towards the Sun".

The school had sports facilities and participation in rugby, cricket, soccer, athletics and swimming was compulsory with tennis being the exception.

Springvale temporarily benefitted from the influx of seventy Eagle boys but circumstances beyond the school's control forced it to close in 1979.