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2010 – TOP 10 Secondary Schools (Zimbabwe)

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10. 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.

9. Speciss College

  • 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.

7. Watershed College

  • 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.

4. Chisipite Girls High

  • 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

2. 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.

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.

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Comments

  2. tatz says

    Oh and @pinky

    girl what the fuck you are freaking comparing schools based on the number of buses they have…
    wake up call sweeie-pie vale hasn’t been in the running for anything in a very long while!!!
    the buses you so proudly speak of are always dying in the middle of the road and causing unbearable congestion during peak hours, its about time they got new ones!!! convent may not have the on campus facilities readily available, but the facilities are provided and they always woop your asses anyway that why you are so bitter.
    oh and another thing they don’t need so many buses because the school is not situated in the middle of industry/high density suburbs in the middle of nowhere. all the they need is one dope marcopole complete with dvd and fitted tv’s a couple of smaller buses and several mini-vans (makombi- incase you didn’t know what mini-vans are!!!)
    face it vale sucks at everything!!! even simple location 😉 LMFAO

  3. tatz says

    most of the people commenting on this list are actually really stupid… no hating or anything, but if all you people from these random schools recall, you all had no teachers for a while, which makes your school suck for not being able to retain teachers, if your schools are soooo good (emphasis on good) why was there an attempted mass exodus from your schools by those that could afford, into the private school system??? and even having the audacity to mention “zimsec top flyers,” when you know very well the amount of scandal surrounding the board, the inconsistencies and the inability to deliver when they are required to. You seriously need to check your facts before you go on ranting and raving about nothing. Most private schools write zimsec o’level in form 3 and get a 100% pass rate! you are only very familiar with zimsec rankings because no one bothers to publish cambridge rankings in the newspapers! did you know that arundel is the highest ranking african school on the cambridge exam board, and zimbabwean schools rank very highly on that international board. just because the schools are not bothered with zimsec does not make your schools any better than ours. all they are doing, is striving for excellence and broadening opportunities.
    speciss does not belong!!!!!!!!!!!1
    P.s. get over it…!!! 😉

  4. simbarashe zondesa says

    this list is bad

    you know so hard bad
    1.st georges
    2.st johns
    3.watershed
    4.falcon
    5.dominican
    6.kutama
    7.hillcrest
    8.lomagundi
    9.genesis college
    10.eaglesvale

  6. vontheirs says

    These schools have very high standards and foster discipline, responsibility, team work and other qualities in their students but in terms of academic results no ways are they the best unless if you are only considering Cambridge students. I will put Marist Nyanga, St Ignatious, St Augustines, Bonda, Kutama, St Faith Rusape, St Dominics, Kriste Mambo in the TOP 10.These are the consistent and perennial high flyers for Zimsec exams.

  8. brad says

    Nonesense, this is a bias ranking sponsored by imperialists. Are you so tribalistic that you forget Falcon and CBC.

  9. sadzaface says

    Yes as far as I know watershed is a gud xul.also peterhouse,st johns and convent.p.e. wel its ok nd gateway 2.Neva heard of specis topping in nythng nd no wer is falcon on ds list?

  10. tt says

    why the cancelling on Watershed, don’t listen to what the other people are saying they don’t learn there. 4 us who we know wat we’re talking about shed iz an excellent maybe right now you can’t c it but later you. I TOLD YOU……

  11. Liam7373 says

    No Way Where Falcon College and CBC this list is rubbish , what the Hell??????………….Is this only Zimbabwe high Schools Cause Falcon should Be on there ………..

  12. rachel mbanje says

    i think santa shud be part of the list;its actually one of the best esp when it comes to academics;wn ilook at competition;i see 2 competitors;st dominics chishawasha and others

  13. lil tee says

    why all this insault to gc kutama falcon prince edward rubbish all those pips who wrote pe call me we need to take u tto the doctors may be u have gone mad

  14. Beth says

    Mst of da xuls de r whack esp speciss,wat does P.E no bout being a G xul only in sports.thr r beta xuls out de e.g monte casino @ ZRP hi if we wer 2 base on results

  15. brenda chirowodza says

    WHOEVA WROTE THEW LIST IS INSANE, THE BELOW XULS ROCK!!!!!!!!!!! ACADEMIC WISE

    Kutama
    St Ignatius
    St Augustines
    Gokomere

  16. fallenchemist says

    Zimbabweans,you claim to be educated and articulate but this thread is proving otherwise!Some of you are devastatingly ignorant.Anyhow,PE and speciss have excellent TUCKSHOPS..cant say much else about those schools because those schools are terrible and they suck.Go back to (primary?) school,learn how to spell and get some class.dang!!!

  17. Joseline Sithole says

    How are all these ranked please,what criteria was used to do this. Why is Speciss here?

  18. takudzwa says

    you must be crazy…..Hillcrest is one on the ugliest schools in zimbabbwe, poor hostels, poor food, evrythng about it is shit, so dnt say its better than watershed. watershed desreves to be there

  19. hottie says

    th fact dat evry1 is tokin bout p.e smply mnz its best…i wz goin thru an int tabloid in brtain.it smply dscrbd it as “th prestigious al boys prnce edward school…A famous international sporting school”.Wt mo du ya want haters..Js shut th hel up.If ya bounced a place tuff js stop hatin…Bna a prvate skul duzn mn u best most of em al prvates sucks big..P.E cmpares wel 2 any prv8e swa in da country dspte low fees whch mnz if it trns prvate and asks 4 thousnds of buckx it wl b by far th best skool…Haters gt a life..

  20. miss swag says

    well as ex chisi babe. chisipite should definitely be there! but at number one. dont hate the list if you dont like it start your own!!!!! chisi maheavy!!!

  21. Alistair tats says

    To all u motha fuckin haters,fuck u.PRINCE EDWARD IS DA BEST INSTITUTION IN DIS COUNTRY,IT 4EVA WIL BE ‘N’ IF YALL GOTTA PROBLEM GO FUCK YOURSELFS.u tink saints is fly its just full of GAY ASS BITCHES.

  22. hehe says

    this list z fucken bullshit…… hw in ur fucken ryt mind do u 4gt G.C Falcon CBC and MCC……….. hu eva wrote this list z just wrong in ey mind……..oh nd HIS may b a rich skul bt e kidz are just stupid nd BRATZ….

  23. zoom zoom says

    pinky im sorry bt i thnk im wastin ma time wth ths whole debate thing… wht im sure f z tht u vale although u have a span f buses bt u dnt deserve to b in top10

  24. jendrovic says

    if we are talking in terms of sports maybe ill agree, but in academics we cant compare those harare mashonaland schools to manicaland giants; the likes of st Augustines (Tsambe), Marist brothers, st Faith or even Bonda. what is specis, pe or churchill? soccer/rugby institutions or what?

  25. Chisi says

    Pe pliz dnt worry bou em haters.u stl r e best no matter wt.PE FOREVER!!!luv u guys.H-town’s best.PE,SAINTS,JOHNS c’mon guys we have e hottest dudes in Harare.

  27. pinky says

    zoom zoom i feel sorry for you.Take a look at your scol I even doubt if you have bus not buses take not of that when you came to our school for a rugby match we had to give u buses and to answer ur question we are good at academics I actually think the person who wrote this list just put u there just because he or she felt sorry for you because someone in their right senses will never do this.okay now lets be practical you are only good at rugby and maybe things lyke drama and so on hw about hockey I doubt if you even know what that is and swimming, ha? my point is your school is GWASH you have to learn to live with that, to have hot guys at your school does not mean you are all that .i am actually amazed that you even know hw to use the net

  29. Mya says says

    I dnt care who is or isnt on the list.all i care about are the dudes and pe,cbc,georges got that <33333

  30. Dutty Chisare says

    NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!!!we all know GC rocks by far….ama fact siyarocka bafethu!!!!who won Golden Girls?????Who won Mermaids waterpolo tournament????Where was Chisi hmmm…Where was Peterhouse hmmm????Do u even play polo..Lets be realistic…GC IYAROCKA AHA..THIS IS GUD!!!!!

  31. Ndix,Gambz says

    BULLSHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT WAT E HELL U HATERS FROM HARARE WE ALL KNW DAT GC,BUDGIE AND CBC ARE THE BEST SO STOP HTING ON US GET OVER YOURSELVES.SKY IS THE LIMIT NOT HARARE IS THE LIMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    BUDGIE UP HATERS DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  32. arundel says

    PE rules shud be in top 2 its a great xkwa n you all r hating we girls luv pe 4 lyf. Saints no HOMO

  33. top mac says

    this list is actually quite disturbing if u look in recent times certainly schools like saints johns arundel and falcon and hous hav maintained high standards bt we tend to forget tht ther r schools like gateway that have also emerged and offer high quality education and infrastructure as well as placing emphasis on other cultural and sporting activities which to me is essential if u r to b considerd a top class school if sum of u ignorant pple are basin this list on th amount of fees u pay then clearly a school like gateway would be on top 4 ur infomation coz they pay twice th amount a skul like eaglesvale pays nd bliev me im nt jus tokin crap itz a fact

  35. take5 says

    ?Dr kay,for starters,good grades.Hundred percent pass rate at Alevel.Doubt if most kids at PE can count up to a hundred,let alone do A levels,since most of you are still busy repeating form1.Start by cleaning up your disgusting toilets and getting off the streets before posting crap.

  37. take5 says

    Speciss?Now thats a joke.As for shed its one of the most EXPENSIVE schools in the country–mainly for rich black kids.The academics are great,you will get a good education.they also have an agric diploma where they send the retarded folk who cant handle A level but are good at sport.They suck at sport though,and everything else is CRAP.The food is CRAP but the facilities are quite good,very HIGH PASS RATES though…cant say the same for PE.

  38. Zoom zoom says

    2 u hu ws tokin abt the mbare shit u “STUPID” u dnt evn knoe wat w tokin abt. Z mbare a xul??? And 2 u pinky jus gt a lyf & stop hatin n us coz no1 wl eva tke us dwn.hahaha

  39. GAG says

    Well spoken ‘Dragon’ i thnk tht waz e most sensible n accurate post on ths site. i nva knew zimbabweanz cd b so ignorant abt our own sklz…

  40. Dr Kay says

    haters say p.e aint gt brains bt it hz the best Quiz team in Zim,the best Chess club in Zim so wht the f*** re haters tlkng abt.Talkng abt sports nd cultural we top the list any1 who oposes nids a brain chek nd an operation ow nd nids 2 go 2 the new start centre

  42. Fourier Series says

    How come these didn’t make the list,
    Gokomere
    Kutama
    Goromonzi
    St Ignatius
    St Augustines
    Kind of hard to fathom how one can talk of excellence without including these heavyweights.

  45. pinky says

    zoom zoom evyeryone woould say I LIKE IF WE WERE WHO KNOWS SHE THIS SCHOOL SUCKS AND THATS TRUE PE YOU SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  46. Aubrey says

    I think M C C is the best coz they habe bot 5 buses just like the city link ones saints, johns, pe,g c all suck

  47. zoom zoom says

    PRINCE EDWARD !!!!!! IS THE DOPEST SKWA EVA ….ask the qeen of england she paid us a visit ….she luvs us

  48. Dragon says

    I find this to be really funny. You are all indoctrinated. You think your school is the best just because you liked it. Most of you have not even spent more than two minutes to think about what a good school is. Judging from the spelling on this post I should not be surprised. Some posts campaign against your school. There is little class or wit in these posts.
    Just because you had a few prominent school leavers does not make a school good. If your school consistently produces prominent leavers well good, but that can simply mean your school was very selective.
    If we start talking academics, Sports, drama, arts, culture, publicity, international exposure well, now we start to talk good schools. Some of the schools that people are going on about are very much single focus school. To put it in simple English, that means schools which only do one thing well (like academics).
    I do agree that this list is biased. Possibly because the schools that are not on the list do not take the time and effort to be ranked.
    Seriously, let us have some more serious discussion not “my school is the best”

  49. Predious tshuma says

    Hell no!!! where is falcon , john tallach, plumtree, cbc. this list is biased .i doubt whether the reseacher really bothered him/her self with any schools in matabeleland. mthwakazi 4 lfye

  50. Nad says

    I jst wana ask under what basis were you rating xuls by? Coz f tz in terms f pass rate thz xul aint in e top 10 St Ignatious, Kutama College, Mufakose high 1, St John’s Emerald Hill, ZRP, Lomagundi, only 2 mention a few r sum f e best xuls we hv wen t cumz 2 brains!

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