Adi Cakobau School was named after Adi Litia Cakobau, the granddaughter of Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau, the King of Fiji who united the islands under his authority in 1871 before cession to Great Britain.

Located at Sawani in the Tikina o Tuna in the province of Naitasiri, Adi Cakobau School is a government owned and operated boarding school with a roll of approximately 500 students in the hostel and 500 who travel daily for classes.

Originally designed to provide an intermediate education for girls from noble families, Adi Cakobau School is now a merit entry based school which requires high academic and all rounder excellence.

Students of Adi Cakobau Schoo are housed and trained in four houses each named for Fijian flowers: Kakala, Mokosoi, Uci and Lagakali. An extra house which houses final year students is Charlton named for the schools founder.