Peterhouse Girls' School
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Peterhouse Coat of Arms
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| Location | |
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Mashonaland East Zimbabwe |
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| Information | |
| Type | Independent, boarding, high school |
| Motto |
Conditur in Petra (Latin: It is founded on the Rock) |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Patron saint(s) | Saint Peter |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Sister school | Peterhouse Boys |
| Oversight | Peterhouse Group of Schools |
| Headmistress | Tracy Blignaut |
| Forms | I—VI |
| Gender | Girls |
| Age | 12 to 18 |
| Pupils | 430 (2016) |
| Education system | English |
| Houses |
Boarding:5 Competitive:4 |
| Colour(s) | Royal blue and White |
| Nickname | Peterhouse Queens |
| Tuition | US$4,540.00 |
| Feeder schools | Springvale House |
| Affiliations | |
| Alumni | Petreans |
| Website | www |
Peterhouse Girls (or Peterhouse) is an independent, boarding, high school for girls, aged 12–18 in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe. The school is located on the Springvale Estate of approximately 1,200 acres (490 ha) alongside Springvale House and Gosho Park.
Peterhouse Girls is one of the schools owned the Peterhouse Group of Schools, which also consists of Peterhouse Boys, Springvale House and Peterhouse Nursery School.
Peterhouse Girls is a member of the Association of Trust Schools (ATS) and the Headmistress is a member of the Conference of Heads of Independent Schools in Zimbabwe (CHISZ).
When Peterhouse was founded, as a boys only secondary school, by Fred Snell in 1955, there was no intention of it becoming the Peterhouse Group of Schools (a boys' school, a girls' school and a preparatory school). In the early 1980s, however, it became apparent that there was a demand for the re-opening of Springvale School (under the name Springvale House) and the establishment of a secondary girls’ school.
Springvale House was opened in 1985 and Peterhouse Girls two years later.
Peterhouse Girls admitted 28 pupils in its first year who were accommodated at Springvale House while the girls dormitories were being made ready. At the end of that first year the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe at the time, Hon. Robert Mugabe stated “I am particularly pleased that you are expanding into the field of girls’ education…. For too long we have tended to think that the education of girls is an expensive luxury”.
The first Headmaster at Peterhouse Girls was Michael Hammond. He set about the task of establishing the new school. By the end of 1993, when he retired, Peterhouse Girls was well established and the first seven cottages on Williams Field had been built. O and A Level exams were being sat and largely passed and fixtures in a wide range of sporting disciplines were being played and largely won.
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