[2] Originally not all Montserrat citizens had the right to a secondary education, and the school chose which students were admitted.

A May 2011 Montserrat government report said that the school "produced excellent results and enjoyed national esteem" at the time.

The May 2011 government report said that the new divisions "did not substantially alter the elitist nature of the school.

[2] In 1986 secondary education became universal in Montserrat, and the report said that as well as the 1997 Soufrière Hills volcanic eruption, which reduced the student population altered the school's culture.

[9] A report from the UK Department for International Development (DFID) said that the school is a long distance from the major settlements in northern Montserrat.