It began as a residential Sixth Form College offering British-styled A-level courses and in 1963 switched from the Cambridge School Certificate Examination to the London GCE.

The school uniform consists of a cream/beige shirt, mid-grey trousers, grey socks and black shoes.

The last edition was published in 2006 in order to make way for an interactive DVD called The Scroll Digital (nicknamed 'digital').

Other teams include the Pirates (basketball), the Stallions, who renamed themselves the Falcons in 2016 (volleyball), who won the Nairobi provincial league several times in the 1970s, the Stalwarts (cricket) and the Sharks (swimming).

The doctrinal and religious formation in Strathmore is entrusted to Opus Dei, a prelature of the Catholic Church.