It opened in 2020 as an amalgamation of four of the region's previous high schools.

[1][3] This was a result of lower educational outcomes from students in the Shepparton region when compared to similar schools across Victoria.

[1] During the construction of the main GSSC campus, students attended their classes at the sites of the previous high schools, depending upon their year level and classes.

[5] With those in opposition to the project suggesting the location was not big enough for the expected 3000 students.

Other arguments included the idea that the increased funding for the GSSC could have been better spent by splitting it among the four existing schools.