The School was founded by Jose Maria Guerra Bergman on 8 October 1908 to satisfy demand from the British community in Uruguay.

[2] The schools relocated to Pocitos in 1917 and finished new premises in 1926, with the main building dedicated by President José Serrato at the official opening.

Prominent alumni include the current president of Uruguay, Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou, current finance minister Azucena Arbeleche, and former government ministers Ernesto Talvi, Pedro Bordaberry, Gabriel Gurméndez Armand-Ugon and José Amorín Batlle.

Charles Benham Larrabee, from an American expatriate family, was a trial lawyer and Justice on the New Mexico Supreme Court.

English author John Andrews, designer Gabriela Hearst, and tennis player Patricia Miller also attended the school.