Upon the request of the citizens of Szolnok, Francis I, King of Hungary endorsed the establishment of a grammar school in 1831.

The Eclectic edifice was erected at the most beautiful place in town, where the house of birth of Verseghy Ferenc, the renowned linguist and poet once stood.

However, instruction had to be suspended due to the Second World War as the building was put into the service of the Germans, and later the Red Army.

The coat of arms is made up of a dark blue shield with three broadswords in the middle to symbolise the three main objectives of education, namely science, arts and moral.

Students may choose to sit their school leaving examination either at advanced or ordinary level.