It is located on a mound at the boundary of Sai Yee Street and Prince Edward Road West in Mong Kok, Kowloon.

The school was conceived in 1953 when Queen Elizabeth II was crowned.

Later it was run in September 1954 but operated as an after school on the premises of King's College, until October 1955 when it moved to the present location in Mong Kok.

[citation needed] The QES school camp in Tsam Chuk Wan, Sai Kung, New Territories was opened in 1962.

With the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong to China in 1997, the original school badge with a crown was changed to a new one with the logo of the Education Department.