The school is on Bwenkoma hill, in Nyakayojo Division near Ruti, Mbarara Trading Centre, south-west of the central business district, approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) off Mbarara Kabale road.
With the government policy to increase secondary schools during the second reign of president Apollo Milton Obote, in 1984, Nyakayojo church under the Church of Uganda, decided to establish a secondary school.
The school remained small with very few members until the coming of Late Kakuru Ephraim (Cadre) as he was popularly known to students, in 1989 he added many strategies, recruited more teachers and constructed more class rooms and students dormitories.
Under him, the school developed strategically in the structures, students number, staff, sports, and academic performance.
It has a female Mathematician Doctor 'Fulgensia Kamugisha Mbabazi'(@ Nyax from 1990 to 1993) currently working at the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science and Education, Busitema University, Tororo, Uganda.