It was founded in 1955 by Rector Fred Snell, who had previously been headmaster at Michaelhouse in South Africa.

[2] The boys are organised into six houses named after people who were significant in the history of the school or the Anglican Church in Zimbabwe.

The girls' school was founded in 1987, two years after the opening of Springvale House under the headship of Michael Hammond with 28 pupils.

[11] The park is an area of Brachystegia woodland with two streams, their associated grasslands and rocky outcrops (some with Bushmen paintings).

Conservation camps are organised for primary school pupils; and geography field trips, research projects in biology and leadership courses take place in the park.