It was established on 12th February, 1988 with four other colleges, it took off at Ketu and Epe. A year later in January 1989 it moved to a beautiful edifice in Igbokuta that is known as its permanent site. The school had a rebirth on January 6, 2003 when the state government divided the secondary schools in the state into a senior and junior colleges and was rechristened Lagos State Senior Model College, Igbokuta
As the name aptly suggest,model college, Igbokuta was established to serve as a role models for other secondary school institutions in Lagos State and Nigeria