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2009 – TOP 10 Secondary Schools (Zimbabwe)

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1. St. George’s College

  • 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.

2. 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.

3. Prince Edward School

  • 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.

4. Hamilton High School

5. Arundel School

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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.

7. Kutama College

8. Townsend High School

9. Dominican Convent High School

  • 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.
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10. St. James High School

11. Gateway High School

12. Mount Pleasant High School

13. Allan Wilson High School

14. Kwekwe High School
15. Chinhoyi High School
16. Gifford High School
17. JZ Moyo High School
18. Luveve Secondary School

  • is a government school in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. It was originally established in 1919 as a multi-racial technical college, but later became a secondary school for black students as the technical college was producing too many black technicians in competition to the white technicians. There are no racial barriers anymore.

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Comments

  1. paMereki@88 says

    I agree with Tida that Marist Brothers/Nyanga High should be in the top-ten list.

  4. bones says

    clearly there isnt a proper criteria used here.It just looks random.first it looked like the oldest schools were tops then all of a sudden it’s the schools with academic prestige then schools weve never heard of.This stuff needs revision.Of course who wouldnt want their own school in that top ten but i think that top ten should be based on what is common knowledge to most people.

  5. syto says

    amwe edu takungoreketa ngezve maskuru edu apa asina kana zvisvinu zvinoitwa kuda ndiwo macollege ati tekeshe kuzara,,,,, I dunno much about ratings bt i noe t noe kut if u Zimbo for sure thn u hv got t noe EX MONTI ROBUS,, Shumba Mutare, Mutare Boys High, ndatenda

  7. Hope says

    Ok all you lot need to think of the holistic & well rounded nature of schools like the fine Prince Edward boys school…
    Emphasis is not just on getting boys of 12-15 staying up until 06:00 cramming info.
    The nature of those schools encompasses & instils all the desired virtues of productive to society in our young men & women.
    I am a healthcare manager with a nursing background but my early formative years schooled on etiquette, shivery decisiveness & prepared me to enter the world of commerce certain that I had been equipped with the guile, tenacity to succeed & always remembering tot facienda parum factum.
    Even now in a western world I’m at ease managing & conversing with diverse ethnic minorities & the former indigenous people’s of this faire Island…
    Unless you’ve been you will never know. Unless you see one in action you will never know.

  9. Kudzi says

    We are eager to know the best schools who produced the best results in 2012-2013, why are you not publishing the outcome?

  10. Kudzi says

    What about Shungu in the Midlands province. Don’t be biased and mislead people

  14. delvin alen says

    I AGREE A BIT WITH ASHLEIGH VAMBE BUT PES IS THE WORST SCHOOL I SPENT TYM WORSTING [3 YEARS] THAT SCOOL SHOULD TURN INTO A PUBLIC PARK

  17. Ashleigh Vambe says

    With due respect to the publishers of this site,I believe you did your reasearch but I am compelled to doubt your credibility.What is Allan Wilson doing on this list,I spent 3 years there and it could just be the worst school in Zim or on the planet.

  19. ANESU SHAMU says

    I THING STIGS IS MUCH MORE BETTER THAN KUTAMA EVEN THE DIET WOW STIG WHAT A NICE SCHOOL I WISH TO ATTEND MY ALEVEL THERE

  20. Tafflo says

    Yo nyikkas twas this rubbish u publishin hw can b stigs better than kutama thats insen brava

  21. Miss_Heifers says

    Whoever created this so called “top10” is dismally misguided and must refrain from takin everyone along with them down their path of ignorance cz clearly they have no inkling of what it is they are really talkin about….Eaglesvale has been and continues to produce outstanding results every year at ordinary as well as advanced level and yet we see schools such as luveve bein ranked at the “top”…lemme ask this one question, if luveve is suuuch a good school, why the hell have we never heard of it?? Vale on the other hand has a legacy that can’t be ignored…now could this person or group of people do us all a favor and either provide unbiased information based on solid facts or take down their sordid website….#appalled

  22. delia says

    can u plz be serious were did u liv schools lyk Eaglesvale and for ur own information P.E pased with 36%,it cannot b considerd as 1 of e best xuls

  25. Nate Gotora says

    what happened to the good schools such as eagleasvale,hillcrest and lomagundi. Instead of putting those you list schools we dont even know of that is appauling and an insult to our country and girls high? private? Since when? Utter rubbish. That is a school that prepares girls to be prostitutes im disgusted by this.

  27. Tkay noel $€£¥ says

    SAINT FAITH’S IS THE BEST SCHOOL IN ZIM ,CORE BIZZ ACADEMICS THATS IT NT ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE OR BIG NAMES.HOLLA

  28. Tanaka says

    The list will be incomplete without including St Ignatius College & Arundel. They have excelled academically & non-academically

  29. roxy bee says

    aah tsungi ko waidaira rini?sha ka site kanofaya aka bur akomna mundi ndapamha zvekare ine STEEEZY!!!IRIZA yei ko iwe LUCAS IKO KUCHIKORO KWENYU KUNE MINANA YAANA B.K

  30. tsue-mis zij steezy says

    aha wel hel yeah mundi ehe tz dope asi p.e mainyanyira bhazi rehuku here amana….wel LUCAS 2 B HONEST KA MA eagles munoita but pamberi nevakadzi asi chakunetsa z dat u forg8n GUINEA AIWA GUINEA Z DA BEST PANHAU DZELOVE NE SMARTNESS…n1 2 support m??/?

  31. Eagle LUCAS says

    YEAH TANX A NASP YO ROXY BEE….MCC TINOTOTI TIITE!!!!AH AH AH AH BUH MUNDI MAKAPENGA PAXUA N DURAWALL BUH BEST BELIV IRIZA BUS W ROCK MARCOPOPLO Z NAH A BIT OUTTA STYLE BUH U WAE WAE WAEEE BETA DAN P.E ine BHAZI REHUKU(chicken bus)kikikikikiki….

  32. roxy bee says

    ey oans n daijz juh dun b jealous…fly xuaz r owt dr u jus view da public ones—kune MUNDI gan’a mah8era chete n ada xuaz lyc MCC N P.E yacho yanguri yabairirwa!!!!
    choose an efficient n reliable criteria priz tapota

  35. TINASHE NDLOVU M says

    I wonder how true this is because there seems to be no clear criteria used to merit this information.

  38. netsai says

    You people clearly don’t understand what standard is….-m not hatin but all you people that went or go to to these funny rugare and marist and regina watevr,grade urselves accordin to who ur do sport,clubs,socials etc wid………have u ever been associated with falcon,cbc,convent,vale georges ,johns,crtest,shed,mcc,gateway ,chisi 2ven pe..jack so no you guys simply need to move with the times!its not about who was produced from ther coz if thayt was eir destiny they would still be wat or who they are todae……..ur funny schools are dead so get over yourselvs
    #proudvalian

  39. seis says

    pliz eaglesvale is a way better school than the likes of p.e , allan wilson, dominican convent. This jus proves the possibility of being biased. I would to encourage the higher levels of authority to re-evaluate this ludicrous data. Its has ever had adequate standards to compete other private schools. it has a fair share of being able to pass for 4th to 10th place.

    #DISAPPOINTED

  40. Alois Sikuka says

    Ooh pliz!!! dnt include P.E wit such wack xuls i mean seriously we dnt even compete wit them, way off our league nwae the top 3 is ayt johns, saints and p.e bt umm u need t include xuls lyk falcon, c.b.c and the lyk in dat top 10 ayt!! nwae ur rating is shit pure shit improve on dat ayt!!! Deuces

  41. Mercilene says

    ZimSec used to publish school rankings based on O and A level passrates in the Herald or Sunday Times.Im not sure if they still do this.But I am sure they can be contacted to provide those rankings.These then should be posted on this website…At least the standards more objective and evidence based .Some of the outcries in this blog are just personal opiniion.You having attended so and so school in the 90’s doesnt make that the best school in 2010…please…..and if it produced drs in the 60’s and 70’s its not the best school in 2011…..and because you went to that school doesnt make it the best school.

  42. Mercilene says

    I also think the grading critea should be made apparent to all.A top school in my thinking is the school that achieves the best academic outcomes in this case pass rates…..Although environment and quality of facilities count (maybe why the hilcrests etc are listed) it is what is produced that counts more….some of these listed private schools are all about status and yet are an entire waste given the output(pass rates).

  43. sai says

    prof makhurane, prof john makumbe, dr zvobgo, dr s mdenge, mr kangai, dr mw mangwende the list goes on…..kana usina kuisa ZIMUTO HIGH hauna zvawaita…….

  44. alicia says

    we need to know the exact data collection and the quantitative and qualitative methods and critiria used to rate these school and also wether it is the same method used world wide. Above all it is not the grading that we are interested in as who knows if manipulation is not sourced as in all other things but we want to know what the failing schools are doing to improve thir situation

  45. ally willy says

    maybe some of the schools you thought were good are not good enough. it’s not about what was produced from the schools e.g. Tsvangirai etc but what’s being produced now. get the facts most of the schools you went to have had standards going down for years now whilst the likes of Allan Wilson are still excelling academically.

  46. missy vee Tags!!!!!!!!!! says

    mese imi makadhakwa including the publishers actually there are some xulls lyk REGINA MUNDI GIRLS which z the top xull in zimbabwe pliiiiiiiiiz dont feed us with such poison.!!!!!!!

  49. Flicky TLC says

    Prince Edward z é best skool in zim evry chick knows w r é skool wt #1 swag arundel,chisi & convent girls belong 2 us. P.E keep é torch ablaze

  50. nyasha says

    we are gonna chase those crazy bald heads out of town. schools like st faiths build th nation and plant its seed but you look at them with a scorn yet you are burning up their corn.

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