In 2020 and 2021 it was ranked as the top national high school in the country, based on exam results.

[1][2] The school is situated about 20 km (12.4 mi) south of the town of Wewak in the East Sepik Province of PNG.

In 1984 and 1985, students from the 1984 intake were the subject of a detailed research study by the Papua New Guinea National Research Institute, which aimed to investigate the impact of the school on how they became Papua New Guineans in a country with such diverse cultures, just a decade after independence.

[3][4] In 2010 the school was forcefully blockaded by traditional landowners who were seeking compensation for the use of their land.

A combination of these events meant that it closed in June 2011 and did not re-open until 2014, initially with relatively few boarders as the male dormitories had yet to be rebuilt.