It was originally called the Penzance County School and opened with an enrolment of 130 boys on 24 January 1910.

It shared a canteen with the Penzance Girls Grammar School (PGGS), further up the hill, and, in the late 1970s, a joint upper sixth form block was added on the playing fields to the North East of the school, South West of PGGS.

[2][3] Much of the original building has been preserved and, in the summer of 2013, the school received funding worth over £300,000 to replace the sash windows with handmade modern versions.

[citation needed] In 2005 the school gained specialist status, as a Music College.

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