The school is first depicted on the 1987 6 inch OS map. Before the school is built, maps show the area as wooded. Busk derives from 'Bush Meadow' (Smith 1961,215) . Busk meadow is mentioned Harrisons survey of 1637. The southern boundary of the polygon matches that shown on the first edition OS map of 1855. Legibility is fragmentary due to this. The area probably formed a compartment within Shirecliffe Deer Park prior to this.