The building was donated to the British Embassy by Lady Redcliffe during the Crimean War after the school was closed for six years.

On October 24, 1971, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Anne visited the school.

[3] Despite financial support calls from the British Consulate from 1973 onwards, continuing financial difficulties led to the transfer of the school to the Ministry of National Education on October 1, 1979, after an agreement between Turkish Education Minister Necdet Uğur and British Ambassador Derek Dodson.

The English High School Old Boys Association was founded in 1958 by Biltin Toker, Selçuk Erez, Emre Kökmen, Ersan İlal, Metin Tokpınar, and Coşkun Erkam.

In the early years, the association met in a rented space in Levent but later purchased a three-story building in Arnavutköy in 1995 following a successful fundraising campaign titled High School'lular Evi.

"This building was initially furnished to meet urgent needs and was gradually renovated to become a pleasant gathering place for alumni.