It is one of the oldest public vocational schools in Haarlem, built as a boys school in 1919, which grew out of the first Ambachtsschool that was located on the Kamperstraat.

This school that had such a difficult time during World War II because National Socialists ran it.

[clarification needed] After the war, it became the "Hoger Technische School" (HTS), and the young students were taught how to fix trams, trains, and airplanes.

[2] On the Indonesian island Flores, many technical achievements were realized after being drawn and fabricated in this school.

[2] In 2010 the school and its history were one of the subjects at the Historisch Museum Haarlem's exhibition "Leren voor het Leven" (learning for life), a compilation of materials from various vocational schools in the Haarlem area.