The school rowing club was reborn in 1931 owing much to two senior members of the Derby Rowing Club, Tom Ison and Secretary Harry Ellis, and the wholehearted support of the then Headmaster, Mr. T.J.P. York. This time they became an integral part of the Derby Rowing Club and shared their club house which was situated on land adjoining Parker's Piece and the GNR (later the LNER) railway line to Friargate Railway Station. The Derby School Rowing Club continued until the start of World War II when it was closed for the duration of the War. In September 1945 it started once again after the masters and boys returned from five years of evacuation to Overton Hall and Amber Valley Camp.