In 1919, it opened as a Secondary School on Boston Park Road, Brentford.

Around 1938, extensions were made to the school after it received a bequeathal from Patrick Murphy who had died in 1934.

[4] In 2019, the school's GCSE results were above average compared to the national and local authority figures.

[5] The proportion of pupils entering the English Baccalaureate was higher than average.

[5] As of 2023, the school's most recent Ofsted inspection was in Jan 2023 with the judgement of Outstanding.