The school was founded with the sole aim of providing education for ambitious lads of poor parents.

The first location of the school was at Korle Wokon (North of Ussher Town) in the basement of a large house in Accra owned Barrister Silas Dove.

On 20 October 1961, the school moved from Tudu into a building at James Town previously occupied by Accra Academy.

This was meant to be a temporary arrangement because the school was in the process of acquiring a permanent site at Kokomlemle.

Again the population of the school was increasing and facilities needed to be extended and therefor had to leave James Town into a rented premises at Kokomlemle.

In August 2010, the Ghana Education Service directed the school to stop accepting new entrants and prepare for closure.