The school is over 600 years old and was originally established as a school for the poor that was attached to
Evesham Abbey. The original school was by the side of what is now the road from Merstow Green to the High Street in Evesham. The present site of the school was established in the late 19th century and is about one kilometre approximately north-north-east of the original site. The school is named after
Henry Frederick Stuart, the elder brother of
Charles I of England: Prince Henry died at the age of 18 years and predeceased his father
King James I, thus never becoming king. As Prince Henry's Grammar School, the school had around 500 boys and girls. In 1906 it merged with Deacle School, a
charity school established with money left by
John Deacle in 1709; this school was built in Port Street in 1729. In 1973 it was renamed Prince Henry's High School, a
comprehensive school. In 1993 it became a
grant-maintained school, then in 1999 it became a
foundation school. It is now a secondary school with the specialist designation of
Language College. ==School inspections==