It officially opened in 1964 after running classes on the original Trafalgar Primary School grounds, now Balfour Park.

The Light Timber Construction Type 300 High School was officially opened on 12 June 1964, by the Hon.

J Bloomfield MLA, Minister for Education; after a successful motion was passed at a public meeting held in 1961 to press for a High School in Trafalgar.

The first Higher School Certificate (now VCE) class graduated in 1971.

The Education Community Activity (ECA) Centre was opened in 1982 by the state Member of Parliament Hon.