Pretoria Boys High School
| Pretoria Boys High School | |
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Badge of Pretoria Boys High School
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Roper Street Brooklyn Pretoria, Gauteng  South Africa
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| Coordinates | 25°45′38″S 28°13′26″E / 25.76056°S 28.22389°ECoordinates: 25°45′38″S 28°13′26″E / 25.76056°S 28.22389°E |
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| School type | Public boys high school |
| Motto |
Latin: Virtute et Labore ("Through Courage and Labour") |
| Established | 3 June 1901 (1893) |
| Founder | The Rt Hon. Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner |
| Sister school | Pretoria High School for Girls |
| Headmaster | Mr AD Reeler |
| Second Master | Mr JW Illsley |
| Staff | 100 full-time |
| Grades | Forms I-V (Grades 8–12) |
| Gender | Male |
| Age | 13 to 18 |
| Enrollment | 1500 |
| Medium of language | English |
| Schedule | 07:30 - 14:00 |
| Hours in school day | 6h30 min |
| Campuses | 2 |
| Campus |
Main Campus Pollock Campus |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Houses |
Boarding houses: Rissik House Solomon House School house Dayboy houses: Arcadia House Abernethy House Armstrong House Hofmeyr House Matheson House Sunnyside House Town House |
| Colour(s) |
Red, White, Green |
| Song | 'Tis Here We Learn To Live' |
| Nickname | Boys High |
| Team name | Rugby 1st XV - Candies, Hockey 1st XV - "Red Socks" |
| Rival | Affies |
| Accreditation | Gauteng Department of Education |
| Newspaper | The Phobian The Boys Highlights |
| Yearbook | The Pretorian |
| Website | www |
 Main school building (1909). |
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Pretoria Boys High School, also known as Boys High, is a public, tuition charging, English medium boys high school located in Brooklyn, Pretoria, South Africa, founded in 1901 by The Rt Hon. Lord Milner. Its academic performance places it among the best secondary schools in rankings nationally, as well as in all of Africa. Notable alumni includes two Nobel Prize laureates, 18 Rhodes scholars, several government ministers and members of parliament, 8 judges of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa, as well as numerous prominent intellectuals and high-ranking sportsmen.
The school enrols around 1500 pupils, including 300 boarders, from South Africa and beyond, managed by about a 100 full-time staff.
Its neoclassical red-brick style main school buildings date from 1909, maintaining provincial heritage site status. The school grounds also includes a second campus, Pollock Campus, as well as sporting and recreational facilities. Three boarding houses are located on the school grounds: Rissik House and Solomon House are part of the original school complex completed in 1909, while School House was built later.
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