It is a red brick, single storey building, in the Tudor revival style with a Welsh slate roof.

In plan it is H-shaped, originally intend for the infants to be in the area on the right, the boys to the left, and the girls in the centre.

When it opened it catered for over 100 infants aged 2–6 years old and is notable for its connection to Samuel Wilderspin who taught at the school alongside both his wife and daughter, and trained other teachers here.

In 1993 the Queen Street School Preservation Trust was formed to safeguard the building from further deterioration.

[5] In May 2017, the school was listed as one of the ten 'best things to visit in North Lincolnshire' in a poll by the Scunthorpe Telegraph.