Peterhouse Boys' School
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Peterhouse Coat of Arms
Conditur in Petra
Latin: It is founded on the Rock
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Mashonaland East Zimbabwe |
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| Coordinates | 18°11′53″S 31°37′26″E / 18.198°S 31.624°ECoordinates: 18°11′53″S 31°37′26″E / 18.198°S 31.624°E |
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| Type | Independent, boarding, high school |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Patron saint(s) | Saint Peter |
| Founded | 1955 |
| Founder | Fred Snell |
| Sister school | Peterhouse Girls / Springvale House |
| Oversight | Peterhouse Group of Schools |
| Rector | Howard Blackett |
| Forms | I—VI |
| Gender | Boys |
| Age | 12 to 18 |
| Pupils | 450 (2016) |
| Education system | English |
| Campus type | Rural |
| Houses | 6 |
| Colour(s) | Royal blue and White |
| Nickname | Peterhouse Kings |
| Tuition | US$4,540.00 |
| Feeder schools | Springvale House |
| Affiliations | |
| Alumni | Petreans |
| Website | www |
Peterhouse Boys (or Peterhouse) is an independent, boarding high school for boys in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe. The school was founded by Fred Snell in 1955 and is located on an estate that is shared with Calderwood Park, a conservation area and game park, outside Marondera. The school is one of the schools under the Peterhouse Group of Schools, the other schools being Peterhouse Girls, Springvale House and Peterhouse Nursery School. Peterhouse was ranked as one of the Top 10 High Schools in Zimbabwe in 2014.
The Peterhouse Group is led by the Rector, who also has responsibility on a day-to-day basis as Headmaster for Peterhouse Boys. The school is a founding member of the Association of Trust Schools (ATS). The Rector is a member of the Conference of Heads of Independent Schools in Zimbabwe (CHISZ) and an international member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) which represents over 250 independent schools in the United Kingdom and worldwide.
In September 1951, Edward Paget, Bishop of Southern Rhodesia, wrote to the Rector of Michaelhouse in Natal, offering him the headship of a school that did not exist. Six months later, Fred Snell started working with Canon Robert Grinham and the Ruzawi School Board toward the creation of an independent senior school. Peterhouse opened in 1955 under the rectorship of Fred Snell with 55 boys and within five years the number had risen to 360 according to plan. Peterhouse was founded as an Anglican boys’ country boarding school. When the school opened in 1955, the major building programme had been completed; the Chapel had been dedicated; the staff were accommodated in houses around the grounds; and the grounds themselves had been developed, with the playing fields spreading across the slope below the school, and beyond them, plantations of gum and pine. During the rectorship of Fred Snell, the first black pupils joined the school. Bruce Fieldsend, who joined Peterhouse at the beginning, succeeded Fred Snell as Rector in 1968. Under Bruce Fieldsend, Peterhouse continued to flourish and in 1976, the school had an enrolment of 389 pupils – the highest it had ever been. In 1972, the Rhodesian Bush War had begun to cast a shadow over the land. In 1976 the enrolment began to drop and by the beginning of 1980, Peterhouse was barely half full.
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