It was the first Chinese-medium girls' school in Singapore, founded by Tay Peng Teng, Puan Yeow Pong and the Chinese community.

[3][5] In 1978, Chung Hwa Girls' High was initially included in the list of 12 newly accorded Special Assistance Plan schools.

[7] A deliberate decision was made to allow enrolment of male students from January 1984 and to incorporate into a government school, which transferred the supervision of all aspects of the institution to the state.

[5] The current crest features the name of the school written in Traditional Chinese characters over a begonia leaf background.

Students are encouraged to represent qualities of the Begonia leaf, in particular - to be steadfast, strong, determined and decisive.

[9] The shape of the leaf resembles the geographical features of mainland China, which reflects the heritage of the school as an institution set up by Chinese nationalists during the revolution period.

Currently, girls wear white shirts with the school logo sewn at the left chest level, complemented by a green skirt.

The Express Course is a nationwide four-year programme that leads up to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level examination.

[13] Students take English Language, Mathematics, Basic Mother Tongue and Computer Applications as compulsory subjects.