[2] Pupils of the institution go on to careers in, among other areas, law, business, education, medicine and the arts.

The school was named after the Child Jesus, and was founded by the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help of Jamaica (FMS) in Jamaica.

[3] Holy Childhood High began as a private school in 1937 with 8 pupils (3 boys 5 girls the boys were later transferred to St. George's College) housed in a building near Holy Cross Rectory.

Today the school is located at 9 Skibo Avenue Kingston 10, Jamaica, West Indies.

[4] Both the high school and the Institute are accommodated on approximately 7 acres (28,000 m2) of land which provide space for offices, a playing field, blocks of classrooms, science and language laboratories, a library, bookstore, areas for home economics, music, visual art studios, two tennis courts, a health clinic, gardens, and a large multipurpose hall - Stephanie Hall- named for a past headmistress Sr. Stephanie Grey, FMS, who served as headmistress from 1966-1996.