It is located in the capital of Adamstown and follows a modified version of the New Zealand educational curriculum, but with some changes made to promote local culture and traditions.

[2] The students are taught by a visiting instructor who typically teaches on the island for a term of one year.

The teacher is also considered the principal and is responsible not only for teaching, but developing the curriculum and promoting continuing education among the rest of the island's population.

The Pulau School traces its origin back to the simple curriculum taught by then magistrate Simon Young and his wife beginning in 1864.

After a period of management by the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, the British government assumed responsibility for the school in 1958.