[6] St. Michael's College was established in Grove Road, Hitchin—next to the site of a new Catholic church—in 1903 by Fr.

In 1925, the priests from the Order of Augustinians of the Assumption assumed control of both the church and the college.

St. Michael's College was a Catholic boys' school which housed a number of boarding pupils.

In 1953, following a General Inspection, the College was granted temporary recognition as a private grammar school and this status was made permanent in 1958 The expansion of Stevenage New Town during the 1960s led to the relocation of the school to Sandown Road, Stevenage, in 1968.

The merging process was completed in 1987 under the leadership of Chair of Governors, John Alan Scouller[7] and the site of St. Michael's was sold, while the new "John Henry Newman School" moved to the former site of St. Angela's on Hitchin Road.