TOP 10 Secondary Schools (Zimbabwe – 2010)
Apr 19th, 2010 | By Samuel | Category:- The school is amongst the oldest in the country and has been on its present site of 60 acres since 1926. We enroll; pupils from all over Zimbabwe and neighbouring countries and are heavily over-subscribed. We are the pre-eminent government school in the country and compete successfully with all schools in the country and regionally. The school attempts to produce a well-rounded individual where each of the boys participates in the Academic, Sporting and Cultural aspects on offer to them.
- Hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans trained by the country’s most respected college hold lucrative, useful and satisfying jobs in Zimbabwe and throughout the rest of the world. Speciss College has over the last 45 years empowered Zimbabweans to help themselves. Today it can empower you too!
8. Dominican Convent
- is the oldest established school in Harare. It was founded in 1892 by Mother Patrick, an Irish nun, with 10 pupils. Originally the school was co-educational, but after ten years, a separate school, Hartmann House, was established for boys.
- A Private School situated in a pastoral setting near the town of Marondera in Zimbabwe. The College aims to provide an excellent all-round secondary education for girls and boys which assists them to develop their talents and prepares them to become socially well integrated individuals.
6. Harare International School
- includes Grades 9 through 12, with this year’s Seniors forming H.I.S.’s seventh graduating class. H.I.S. High School currently enrolls approximately 110 students in Grades 9-12 and provides a complete college preparatory program with a selection of electives and extra-curricular activities.
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5. Peterhouse
- Founded in 1955 as an independent, Anglican boarding school for boys aged 12 to 18, it has now expanded to include two other schools as well: a co-educational preparatory school, Springvale House and Peterhouse Girls’ School. The schools are controlled by a Board of Governors who include: Dr N A F Williams (Patron), Mr J D Carter ( Chairman, ex Chairman of Barclays Bank, Zimbabwe) Senior Minister, the Hon Didymus Mutasa, and others. The schools occupy a 3 000 acre site straddling the main Harare-Mutare road, 85 kilometres south-east of Harare; 700 acres of this form our game park, Gosho Park.
- There are 480 boys (all boarders) at Peterhouse, and across the road we now have two associated schools: Springvale House is a 220 strong Preparatory School for boys and girls (weekly boarders and day scholars), Peterhouse Girls’ has 290 pupils (almost all of whom are boarders) Post-O Level girls come over to Peterhouse for lessons.
- The school is founded on Christian principles with a philosophy embodied in the lines from the school song “to be brave and strong and true and to fill with the world with love my whole life through”.
- We are proud of the atmosphere of caring and concern for others for which the school is known. It is hoped that each member of the school community will develop a sense of belonging while being accepted and valued as an individual.
3. Arundel Girls High
- a private Catholic boys school (Form One to Upper Six) based in Harare, Zimbabwe. It is arguably the oldest formal school established in Zimbabwe..The school is a boys school, whereby young adolescents enter-’Salvete’ and leave the college -’Valete’ as young men; Boys To Men. In the 1990’s, for Physic Science, young women of high intellect, from the Dominican Convent, were enrolled for the senior years (Lower Six & Upper Six). The school is presently located in the Capital City, Harare on Hartmann Hill, in the leafy suburb of Borrowdale
- This lead to the relocation of the school site from Bulawayo to Harare.Thus the beginning of Saint George’s College, affectionately known as (Saints).On the same site, a preparatory primary school was established called Hartmann House.This site is next to the official Zimbabwe State House, and the Official President’s House called Zimbabwe House.
- It is a very competitive School for one to enter,as an entrance examination has to be taken to enter Form One, and Lower Sixth Form.Students coming from Hartmann House are exempt from these exams as they automatically enter Saints.
1. St Johns College
- St John’s Educational Trust governs two schools; St John’s Preparatory School for Boys and St John’s College. Both are independent day schools and members of the Association of Trust Schools of Zimbabwe (ATS). The Headmasters are members of the Conference of Heads of Independent Schools of Zimbabwe (CHISZ).
- The College admits boys from the age of 12 to 18 and has a limited number of places for girls in the International Baccalaureate programme in the sixth form. While all Grade 7 pupils are required to sit the CHISZ Common Entrance Examination, most boys who elect to go on to the College are accepted. The continuity of ethos and St John’s spirit is recognized and fostered.
wow that is true
hillcrest is better than watershed why is it not there?
WHERE IS GIRLS’ COLLEGE AND FALCON COLLEGE YOUR RANKINGS ARE BIAS
Honestly I feel a school like specis should not be in that list it has no sporting facilities, many students repeat their o’levels. going to school is like going to a drink up, this list is silly and as for P.E. the only thing their good at is rugby…..And Watershed SUCKS
there is bias towards schools in Mashonaland. One wonders if this was reviewed by the relevant officials before being posted. If there were 100 schools to select from, Watershed would be number 100, so why is it hitting this list?
O.M.G what happened to GIRLS college AND CBC this is biased…
Wow i never actually thought st george would be beaten by st johns if they say so,fair enough.
This list is dominated by Mashonaland East and Harare Province. Speciss College should not be part of this list, it has no sporting facilities. Most of the students are repeats and over-age enough to be mothers and fathers! There’s Lomagundi College in Mashonaland Central, Petra, Christian Boys College, Falcon, girls College in Matabeleland. Standards for Watershed and Arundel Girls have so gone down and Prince Edward??? It should not even make the list except for music and rugby. Whoever did these ratings should re-do their research. The new ZRP Boarding school in Hatcliffe tops all these and other schools academically.
hillcrest is better than watershed.this list is biased.Gundi is not even there.P.E standards have gone down the drain now.Speciss should not even be there because they don’t do sport and most of the people there are repeating.whrz Girls’ College,CBC??
OMG….Oh my gosh… wow weres Gundi P.E doesnt even have a bus wit a T.V wats ur problem ur list lies big time look again and please Gundi shud be 5th or 4th
sYou do not know Zimbabwean Schools. You cant talk of schools without mentioning St. Ignatius College
the list doez not show truth huuuuuh,tz craaaaap,especialy pa PE,watershed,speciss dnt dserv to be ere.go n do ur homewrk properly
you people are mad i think Prince edward should be on top of saints.and for the record to all you hater the standards have not drpd its jus you and your gwash mentality
interesting but rubbish, pliz cbc, gc and fc stand out by far, saw in another list schools like st james and hamilton topped and only a couple of private schools like pe and st georges appeared. wonder what criteria is used because anyone who went to school in zim knows this aint totally true….
gundi is just as good it has improved its standards but no one wants to notice and i think it is sad !!! we should be in top 10 at least !!! i will send my kids there
who is speciss i havent a jumping jimmy !!! who that is!!! lomagundi should be top 5
Peter House, Falcon, Petra, Girls College, Plumtree, P.Edward, Chisipite, Lomagundi,Watershed, Harare International, Guinea fowl, Dominican Convent
wow!!!!!!.this is quite shocking.We all know Kutama college is way better than speciss,watershed etc.well known for producing the most influential people in zim e.g ,pres R.G Mugabe, just to mention a few.WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ON THAT LIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mcc shuld be number 1.We got the best things and pliz may that kutama boy be serious
St John’s college, Falcon, Peterhouse, St Georges,Arundel, Lomagundi,Chisipite, P.E, Hillcrest, Convent
SEC rules.but watrshd sucks and so does speciss and PE.gundi and falcon shud be there.
hahaha these claims that Hillcrest is better than Watershed are more than laughable ,Hillcrest is sooo gwash ,on what basis is Hillcrest better? on the other hand falcon is one of best schools in zim and i admit should have been there without a doubt.
JAAAAAAAAAKKKK!!!!!!! not Johns! saint georges is the best here ths list is biased nd racist…th HACK!!!!
i am sorry but how can youhave speciss, prince edward and watershed college as top 10 and leave out Lomagundi College..Gundi is by far better than the schools mentioned above…i reali think that these should be re-done…
if convent is there,,,then its cool…but yah pe, speciss and watershed SUCK!!!! gundi and falcon should hve been there.revise pliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiz
What happened to Lomagundi?
Ya chisi & specis were not sopposed 2 b there,??? why du pple & all these cments ht shed, it dsrve it ,its a gud scul tke it frm me as a form1 especially the food it’s great!!!!!!1
u knoe when u the bst .haters are too many yeah i admit falcon shld in list bt dont say pe z goin down its u whoz goin down
havin buses wth tvs does nt make u 2 be the 1 school .its all abt hw u do your ting
u say only pe z good at rugby only wat abt u wat are u gud at . the fact u are all talkin abt pe simply shows pe z the best
This list is very biased. I went to Santa (Dominics and Ignatius) and still think they are very good schools! As for PE and watershed!!! Falcon and Girls College should have been there
Please can you rank these schools according to November 2009 exam results.
St Dominics should be there,it is known tht santa girls are THE BEST..
I personally challenge all ex Churchill, PE, Eaglesvale, Watershed, Jameson, St Ignatius, St Dominics fellas to visit their old schools today before they get excited on this blogg… just my opinion!
this list z biased where is mcc, cbc,falcon,girls college? wat on earth possessed u 2 put watershed and speciss
but howard high must be one of them
1- P.E.S.
2- Johnz
3- Saintz
4- Falcon
5- PetHse
6- H.I.S.
7- Cheesy
8- Arundel
9-C.B.C.
10- Hillcrest
santa shud b .this list is soooooooo inacurate
if speciss is thr, P.E is thr, then where the hell is DUB???? we were better than P.E academically, the only thing they were better at was rugby (coz of thos scholarships flying around), but we got all the girls ha ha ha ha