The society (BSPED) was formally constituted and named at the Annual General meeting in Liverpool in 1979. Before 1979 members met as the British Paediatric Endocrine Group (BPEG). The BPEG was formed following a paediatric endocrine symposium convened by Dr Connie Forsyth in Dundee in April, 1972.

The BSPED is one of the affiliated speciality groups of the former British Paediatric Association, now the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.

Chairmen of the BSPED		Secretaries of BPEG and BSPED		Treasurers of BPEG and BSPED
2005 - 2010	Liz Crowne, Bristol	2008 - 2012	Justin Warner, Cardiff	2000 - 2008	Amanda Ogilvy-Stuart, Cambridge
2001 - 2005	Charles Buchanan, London	2002 - 2008	Jeremy Kirk, Birmingham	1988 - 2000	John Honour, London
1997 - 2001	Jerry Wales, Sheffield	1999 - 2002	Gary Butler, Leeds	1984 - 1988	David Hill, Sheffield
1993 - 1997	Tony Price, Manchester	1993 - 1999	Peter Hindmarsh, London	1979 - 1984	Brian Rudd, Birmingham
		1990 - 1993	Peter Swift, Leicester	1972 - 1979	William Hamilton, Glasgow
		1987 - 1990	Peter Betts, Southampton
		1984 - 1986	Colin Smith, Liverpool
		1977 - 1984	Tony Price, Manchester