1800s – 1900s The history of the school dates back to 1887, when the city was still in its early phases of development. The school was designed by architect
Thomas Turnbull in 1887, and in 1888 builders Thomson and Mclean constructed the first building on 38/2 Oriental Parade,
Oriental Bay, at a cost of
£ 2111, equivalent to
$NZ 300,000 . Both main buildings were completed in March 1890.
1920s In 1923, a new school was built at Elizabeth Street in Mount Victoria, and the infant department moved there. and the former school site now houses Wellington City Fire Station. File:Clyde Quay School Jubilee.png|Clyde Quay School Jubilee, December 1935 File:Clyde Quay School Closing.png|Clyde Quay School's last gathering before, December 1935 File:Clyde Quay School in construction.png|Clyde Quay School in construction, December 1935
1980s The Cure, an English rock band, is well known in the school's community for playing their songs in the basement of Clyde Quay School. "The jam was very noisy, but a lot of fun.
The Neoterics played a few of their songs with The Cure's
Lol Tolhurst on drums, then The Cure themselves did a few of theirs and sounded like a real garage band. We then did one of my band's songs with
Robert on bass and Lol on drums, finally packing it in around 3 am." a member of another band said.
1990s New Zealand artist
Robert Stewart painted numerous
murals throughout the school which are still in place today. Experts Masaaki Mitani and Masahiro Yamada from Japan performed a Kendo display at the school.
2010s In 2012, students from Clyde Quay School were interviewed in the school library by the New Zealand comedy group
Flight of the Conchords for lyrical ideas for their song
Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That).
2020s Ben Buchanan, a New Zealand artist, painted new school murals, which represent Clyde Quay School and its students. These murals are displayed on the school's outer wall, replacing the previous ones. == School premises ==