In the 1950s it served grades 4 and 5, and a new building opened in 1954. Reuben Kun, who wrote an article about Nauru's university system, stated that in that period there was an unanticipated increase in the number of students at the school.Kun, Reuben. "Nauru." In: Crocombe, R. G. and Malama Meleisea (editors). Pacific Universities: Achievements, Problems, Prospects. Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, 1988. , 9789820200395. p. 309. The school had classes teaching Nauruan circa the 1960s and 1970s.Barker, Xavier. "English Language as Bully in the Republic of Nauru." In: Rapatahana, Vaughan and Pauline Bunce (editors). English Language as Hydra: Its Impacts on Non-English Language Cultures (Volume 9 of Linguistic Diversity and Language Rights). Multilingual Matters, June 22, 2012. , 9781847697509. Start: p. 18. CITED: p. 28. In 2013 it became a Queensland Recognised School.
