The school was closed in August 1940 after children were ordered out of Hong Kong as World War II began to impact Hong Kong. The school reopened in the summer of 1946 and was renamed King George V School in 1948.
In August 1940, due to evacuation orders during the start of World War II, the school closed its doors for students. It reopened in the summer of 1946 under a new name, King George V School, in 1948.