 In 1925, Lord Delamere and Sir Edward Grigg, then Governor of Kenya, separated the European Nairobi School into a senior boys' school (Prince of Wales School), a senior girls' school (Kenya High School) and a junior school (Nairobi Primary School).In 1931, a new school was built at the site at Kabete, the main school buildings being designed by Herbert Baker.The school was then named the Prince of Wales School but, in 1965, following Kenya's independence the school was renamed Nairobi School.