The school's campus is located in San Fernando, Tigre Partido, inside the urban area known as Greater Buenos Aires.

The school was established in Argentina on September 1, 1838, by a group of Scottish immigrants who wanted to educate their children in their native language, culture and religion.

In 1882, Scotsman Alexander Watson Hutton (considered the father of Argentine football), arrived to Buenos Aires after being hired by St. Andrew's as headmaster.

After leaving St. Andrew's, Hutton founded his own institution, the Buenos Aires English High School, where he applied his ideas on the teaching of sports in Argentina.

[9] Today the school has many sports such as athletics, badminton, basketball, association football, rugby union, swimming and volleyball.