The school is led by a headmaster appointed by the Ministry of Education.
For its first twenty years the school's students were primarily European Rhodesians, with no Africans admitted.
This changed in about 1979 in the era of the transition from Rhodesia to Zimbabwe-Rhodesia and thence to Zimbabwe.
As a boarding school, it is made up of hostels that house students from Form 1 through to 6.
These hotels are supervised by a superintendent who is often a staff member as well as hostel matrons.