It was established in 1935, and was originally known as English Girls College. The college was founded in 1935 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V, King of England during the time when Egypt was one of the protectorates of the United Kingdom. The buildings were designed by the English architect George Grey Wornum in a “Spanish – Arabic style of architecture” to accommodate a maximum of 1000 pupils. The buildings stood in over 20 feddans of land donated by the governorate of Alexandria. The school site went up to the main Boulevard "Abu Keir Avenue". The Minister of Education donated a big section to the faculty of science, which stands there today. Miss Melvaine (1934 – 1940) was to become the first headmistress of the English College for Girls. In 1935 she was the headmistress in the villa in Zizinia and continued to be the headmistress in the main EGC building in Chatby. She was asked to name the school, so consulting her students, she settled for:
ENGLISH GIRLS’ COLLEGE
Instead of “English College for Girls”. Although she was always open to suggestions and ready to take others opinion, she had a very charismatic and strong personality. She loved sports, which ever since became an integral profile of the EGC profiles until today. Miss Inman (1940 – 1946)
Miss Bloxhum (1946 – 1952) she got the title “Lady”. Miss Wooldridge (1952 – 1956)
Miss Aziza Rashed (1956 – 1959)
Miss Ann Khalafallah (1959 – 1982)
Miss Enaam El Defrawi (1982 – 2005)
Miss Amina El Dib (2005 – )