It was founded as a Catholic mission school in 1985 under the auspices of the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu as well as the Sacred Heart Cathedral parish and is a member school of the St Simon Educational Complex as well as the family of schools under the Sacred Heart Cathedral parish (together with its kindergarten and primary sections of Taska & Tadika Datuk Simon Fung as well as SRS Datuk Simon Fung) along with SK Sacred Heart, Karamunsing, SM St. Francis Convent, Bukit Padang, Tadika St. Francis, Karamunsing, Tadika Shan Tao, Karamunsing, SK St. Francis Convent, Bukit Padang, SM La Salle, Tanjung Aru and SJK (C) Shan Tao, Kepayan Ridge.
The school was founded in 1985[1] and was located at the present St Peter's College Initiation Year campus in Karamunsing, Kota Kinabalu.
Mattheus Augustine Luta, a native of Penampang since October 2022 (by which he is also concurrently the school's ex-officio board of governors' member representing the clergy quota) in which he succeeded Rev Fr.
Marie Yong Pik Hua, who took over from the only alumnus to serve in the similar post, Dr. Alexander Funk Yun Leong in 2019 after his tenure contract ended for the past six years since 2013.
The school staged the first ever musical theater in Sabah with the production of “The King and I” in 1985, The school has also produced stage performances that included “The Variety Show Concert” (1987), “The Wizard of Oz” (1992), “What A Friend Is” (1997), “My Fair Lady” (2002), “Beauty and the Beast” (2005), “Summer Camp High” (2010) and Crazy Dreams (2013)[2] and "Meant To Be" (2016).