The more recent history of the school began in 1975 with the former principal Anneliese Druskat. She initially started with a small number of students, and over the next 20 years the great commitment and input she gave as the head of the school resulted in 130 students in 1993/94 spread over two sites, East Melbourne and Boronia.

Since 1992 the school has been administered and organised by a parents’ commitee. It is also recognised and accredited by the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development and is financially supported as an ‘ethnic school’.

The school has been located at the Clifton Hill Primary School since 1999, and these premises provide plenty of space for students and teachers and offer diverse and creative learning opportunities both indoors and outdoors. The number of students has grown steadily during the last three years with over 180 students now enrolled.

In October 2009 the following history was penned in German by the principal of the time, Sigrid Erdt.

On the 30th of July 1994 the Herald Sun published following article:

Study finds Germans fit the ideal. Germans in Australia are industrious, better educated than the rest of society and marry outside their community more than any other ethnic groups. They also integrate well into Australian life, embrace many of our cultural practices and are highly proficient in English. German settlers are often perceived as the ideal immigrants. Germans have been in Australia since the first days of European settlement and their contribution had been highly significant.

The ambition of German immigrants was not only to integrate as quickly as possible, but also to preserve and nurture their native language and culture. The first German immigrants, who arrived between 1849 and 1851 in Port Phillip Bay, were in most instances Lutheran and from Prussia. Naturally they desired to hold their church services in their native language. Trinity Church in East Melbourne established a Lutheran School on the 4th of September 1854 for German immigrants’ children to ensure they would be able to follow the church service and retain their mother language.

In the beginning the School had 40 students. In 1859 Pastor Goethe founded a German-English School which, due to guaranteed regular attendance of 30 students, received financial support from the Victorian Government. A school committee was elected from the congregation members. They were in charge of the selection of teachers and determined school fees as well as the teachers’ wages.

The curriculum was mainly based on Prussian school regulations. Religious education was taught six hours a week, reading and writing were taught 12 hours a week in the German language and 10 hours a week in the English language. The curriculum also contained mathematics, German history and biology. The school fees were nine pence per week. As there were initially only 20 students, it was not feasible to construct a school building next to the church. However, in 1864 a hall was erected on the south side of the church, where the students were taught from here onwards.

Between 1850 and 1860 German-English schools in Westgarth Town (Neu Mecklinburg), Bendigo, Ballarat and Doncaster were founded. In 1873 those schools were closed due to school enrolments dropping immensely as a result of growth in the free government school system.

The first German Saturday School was established in 1899 due to consistent demand from congregation members. Although the German school association was not directly connected with Trinity Church, most incumbents were congregational members who set a high value on the continuance and existence of the German Saturday School. The parish council supported the school by paying a yearly membership fee. Lessons were taught Saturdays from 10am to 12pm. The school leased rooms at the ‘Model State School’ in Spring Street. Later the German Saturday School moved to the ‘State School in Rathdowne Street, Carlton’. Shortly after the Beginning of the First World War the school had to be closed.