Named in honour of John Bosco, it was located at Wolseley Street, close to Richmond Park.

The campus was designed by architect John Morton Cochrane of Honeyman, Jack & Robertson Architectural Practice.

It was commissioned by The Corporation of Glasgow Education Department and was officially opened on 12 November 1974 by the Archbishop of Glasgow, Thomas Winning.

The school had a catchment area of south-eastern Glasgow: Oatlands, the Gorbals, Hutchesontown, Govanhill and Toryglen.

[2][3] In 1994 the school tried to opt out of local governance, but Ian Lang, Secretary of State for Scotland, opposed this.