Several other institutions including the Shaftesbury Institute for Destitute Inebriates and the Shaftesbury Home for Mothers and Babies took the reformatory's place over the following decades, until the buildings were demolished in 1930 and the land sold; with the Government retaining a portion for later use.

[1] Vaucluse Boys' High School was officially opened on 30 June 1960 by the Governor of New South Wales, Lieutenant-General Sir Eric Woodward at a ceremony attended by the Member for Vaucluse, Geoffrey Cox, the Director-General of Education, Harold Wyndham, and the NSW Minister for Education, Ernest Wetherell.

The land on which Vaucluse High School stands was sold for an undisclosed amount of money.

A Development Application was filed with Woollahra Council to convert the site into a retirement/nursing home operated by the Mark Moran Group.

[3] In 2010, a fire was deliberately lit in the Hall which was subsequently torn down, along with the canteen, change rooms and the woodworking classrooms.