Clergyman W.C. Willoughby led the efforts to build a school together with the Batswana chiefs in the area. Economic developments and the construction of a railroad from Victoria Falls to Kimberley led the London Missionary Society to open the school.
Clergyman W.C. Willoughby led the initiative to build a school with the Batswana chiefs, while economic progress and the railroad's development from Victoria Falls to Kimberley prompted the London Missionary Society to establish the school.