Founded in August of 1937, it was originally named as the primary school attached to the School of Education of Sheqin University, and later renamed as the primary school attached to Guangdong University of Arts and Sciences, the primary school attached to Guangdong University of Arts and Sciences, the primary school attached to South China Normal University, and Shan Ying Primary School. /kloc-0 was named as the primary school affiliated to South China Normal University in June, 1982. On 1995, the school was promoted to the ranks of first-class schools in Guangdong Province. It is the only first-class school directly under the dual leadership of Guangdong Provincial Department of Education and South China Normal University. The school covers an area of16200m2, and the building area is13859m2.

Since its establishment, the school has been the experimental and scientific research base for the teaching reform of the education department, psychology department and Guangdong Institute of Educational Sciences of South China Normal University. Experiments have been carried out in five-year system (1950s-1960s), heuristic teaching method (1970s), Jingshan textbook experiment, ideological and moral course syllabus (1980s), coastal textbook construction (1990s), current quality education and overall optimization, all of which have achieved good results. In 2002, the school was rated as an English-featured school by Tianhe District, as a Cambridge Children's English Training Center by Guangdong Examination Center, and as an educational psychology research center by the School of Education Science of South China Normal University. Out of a famous school characterized by "humanistic integration and leading scientific research", it enjoys a wide reputation in society.

The website of the middle school attached to China Normal University includes: school profile, departmental notice, management system, news channel, educational research, moral education space, class and team activities, teaching routine, teachers' papers, awards, comprehensive practical activities, leadership style, mental health, etc. The scientific research network of the middle school affiliated to China Normal University is rich in educational and teaching resources, and students are very enthusiastic about building class websites. From time to time, you can see the research-oriented compositions of primary school students. The BBS of Qiushi Paradise attached to China Normal University is a very interesting forum with interesting topics and useful contents.