The school aimed to implement a hybrid teaching system, focusing on the Chinese Language, characters, arithmetic and more. There were a mere 18 students when the school first started.
Based on the prevailing social neglect of women's education, the founders of Kuen Cheng Girls' High School, Wu Xuehua, principal Zhong Zhuo Jing, his wife, Yoshiko Watanabe, and Cheong Yoke Choy upheld female education and aimed to break the traditional concept. The school was given the name "Kuen Cheng Girls' School" and its first location was at Kampung Kuala Lumpur in a rented double-story shop lot.