It was founded in 1973. The school is located close to the town centre in a Victorian building, known as Palace Court, right on the seafront, with views over the beach and Hastings Pier.

The school has a Multimedia computer suite, Internet and e-mail access, a student common room with cafeteria, a language laboratory, and an International Student Bookshop It is British Council and ARELS accredited.

The school organises a complete social and activity programme. There are loads of things to do in Hastings, for instance you can cycle along the esplanade. Hastings and St Leonard’s seafront is part of the South Coast Cycle Route, on which you can ride from Dover to Hastings, or Visit the Norman Hastings castle (which also gives great views) and the nearby village of Battle, where the events of 1066 changed British history, or wander through the quirky shops, restaurants, cafes and pubs of Hastings' Old Town.