St Andrew's College

Grahamstown, South Africa

In short: St Andrew's College is a private, religious, boys only international school in Grahamstown, South Africa. It offers Cambridge. Stages: middle school and high school. Taught in English.

Type: Private · Religious · Boys only
Ages: Middle school to high school
Curricula: Cambridge
Languages: English + 1

Awards & accreditations

Cambridge International AS & A Level

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Fees

Fees on request

The school shares its fees, enrolment and extras on request.

Curriculum & results

Most pupils write the Independent Examinations Board (IEB) matric, with IEB Advanced Programme Mathematics and English available in Grades 10 to 12. As an alternative, College offers a two-year Cambridge International AS and A Level stream, a qualification accepted by universities in the UK, USA, Europe, Australia and elsewhere.

Stages

St Andrew's College is a high school covering Grades 8 to 12. In Grades 8 and 9 classes combine setting and mixed-ability groups; from Grade 10 pupils are generally set by ability in each subject, and in the final years they choose between the IEB matric and the Cambridge A Level pathway.

Approach · General Curriculum

The College motto and values centre on perseverance and character. As an Anglican school it holds that all people are created in the image of God and deserve dignity and respect, and it commits to inclusion and awareness of diversity in all its policies, classrooms and relationships.

Languages

English is the language of instruction. Boys take a first additional language in Grades 8 and 9, choosing Afrikaans or isiXhosa, with French available for pupils from outside South Africa, and enrichment options in Afrikaans and isiXhosa.

Programmes & accreditations

Cambridge International SchoolCambridge International Education programmes and exams

A LevelsAdvanced Level qualifications

Open Days

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Location

Grahamstown, South Africa

Facilities & services

Facilities

Facilities include the computerised Cawse Library, the David Wynne Music School shared with DSG (concert room, teaching and practice rooms), an Art Department, a Design and Technology Centre the school regards as one of the finest in the Southern Hemisphere, IT labs with 130 terminals, six science laboratories and the historic Centenary Hall, used for assemblies, drama and exams.

Services

Boarding

About 85% of pupils are boarders. Boys live in six houses, Armstrong, Espin, Graham, Merriman, Upper and Mullins, each with more than 70 boys and its own traditions. Housemasters live in the houses with their families, creating a home away from home for boys from across the country and around the world.

After-school activities

Sport is a strong tradition, including rugby, cricket, hockey, rowing, water polo, squash and basketball, and the school hosts events such as the St Andrew's College Shield in water polo and a squash festival. Musicians can join the wind orchestra, jazz band, chamber orchestra, string and brass quartets and chapel and chamber choirs, and drama productions are staged in Centenary Hall. An outdoor education programme runs through the grades.