It was one of the first boarding schools during the colonial era prior to the Zimbabwe revolution.
[1] It was established as a boys' school but is currently co-ed, having admitted the first group of female students in 1982.
The school offers secondary education starting form 1 to form 6.
Students in form 4 and form 6 write the local national examinations in line with the Zimbabwean secondary school education system.
the school is under the headmaster Elijah Mazula.