Colonel Henry W. Preedy founded the school in 1854 as Free School. The school was nationalized by the Pakistani government in 1971. In 2010, Pir Mazhar-ul-Haq, the Minister of Education of
Sindh, ordered restoration of the three original blocks of the school, unused, after seeing them in a poor physical condition. Shabbir Jokhio, the district officer of male secondary schools and high schools, did not appear for the visit, so Mazhar-ul-Haq suspended him from his job. ==Notable alumni==