The school was founded after 1925 when local businessman Michael Jack Nyamusamba, a convert of the Trappist missionaries at Triashill gave "my kraal for a mission station with a European staff.
The school was established in 1925 by Michael Jack Nyamusamba, who had converted to the Trappist order and was based in Triashill. He donated his property to establish a school staffed by European missionaries.