[1] It was founded in 1922 by its headmistress, Catherine Fraser Lee, who followed the Dalton Plan so that pupils could study what they wished and there was no homework.
[2][3] It was located at 10, Palmerston Road – the former home of Horatius Bonar – a minister and prodigious hymn writer.
[4] In 1925, it relocated to the grand mansion of St Leonard's Hall which had been built for the wealthy publisher, Thomas Nelson.
[3] The school uniform was a pale blue tunic with fawn-coloured stockings and coat of Harris Tweed.
The pupils were divided into four houses, which were named after people and places associated with the saint – Clagrinnie, Kilninian, Monenn and Whithorn.