It was designed in 1905 by Thomas Jerram Bailey,[2] the Architect of the Education Department of the London County Council.

[3] Myrdle Street was one of the first of the LCC's "central schools" that offered higher than elementary education.

The building is described in the Pevsner Architectural Guide for London East as a "unique, outstanding design" featuring two semicircular staircase towers with copper domes.

[5] Also Morris Harold Davis, the President of the Federation of Synagogues (1928–1944) and Labour Party politician.

[8] In 1977, the school began to be used as a social centre for the local Bangladeshi community, including evening language classes.