It was founded in 1958 to serve Rome's British, international and expatriate communities, and today educates more than 950 children from over 100 countries.

As of 2019, the school's choir and orchestra held an annual music tour, which took place in Malta that year, at the Salesian Theatre in Sliema.

The school follows an enhanced version of the National Curriculum for England, culminating in IGCSE examinations at the end of Year 11.

Foreign languages offered within the school curriculum include Italian, French, German, Spanish, Latin and Mandarin.

Other sports offered include hockey, volleyball, athletics, swimming, sailing, table tennis, cricket, rounders and gymnastics.

Other after-school clubs include chess, coding, GTV, student newspaper, enterprise, cooking, arts, archaeology, film-making, computer programming and astronomy.