The Revd (now Rt. Revd) J. S. Adeniyi (Rtd) took over as Principal in January, Good 1955 and built on the foundation so ably laid by the Revd. I. O. Ransome-Kuti. Revd. J. S. Adeniyi added to the facilities on the lgbein site by building Staff Quarters, the Principal’s Quarters, and the imposing Science Block which also housed the School Library and Sixth Form Lecture rooms. It was during his tenure also that the Higher School Certificate was introduced into the school.
It was also during Revd. J. S. Adeniyi’s tenure that expatriate teachers began to be re-invited to teach in the school. The first of such teachers was Mr. David J. Henwood, a great mathematician of note. Others came from Britain, United States of America, and Asia. There was also the South African, Mr. (later Revd.) D. T. Matebese.
Furthermore, it was during the period of Revd. Adeniyi’s Principalship that the extensive piece of land at Idi Aba which is now the permanent site of the school was bought. He also erected on it the first building a block of 10 classrooms, which was used by Classes I and Il for many years before the whole school eventually moved to ldi Aba. The original idea behind the purchase of the ldi Aba site was to relieve the congestion on the (old) Igbein site by stationing a section of the school there.
When the Revd. J. S. Adeniyi was away to Great Britain and the United States of America in 1958, Mr. Femi Oyewole, an-other old boy, acted as Principal of the School.
