History
The school was founded in 1886 by Quintin Hogg (grandfather of the mid-20th-century politician of the same name) as the Polytechnic Secondary School, part of Regent Street Polytechnic. It was named the Polytechnic Boys' Day School from 1886–1919. It was a voluntary aided school.
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