St. Stithians College
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Johannesburg, Gauteng South Africa |
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| Type | Private & Boarding |
| Motto | One and All |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Methodist Church |
| Established | 1953 |
| Locale | Suburban |
| Rector | Dr Tim Nuttall |
| Exam board | IEB |
| Grades | Junior Prep: R-2, Boys' Prep: 3-7, Girls' Prep: 3-7, Boys' College: 8-12, Girls' College: 8-12 |
| Number of students | 742 boys, 530 girls |
| School color(s) | Navy, Grey, Red and White |
| Rival | St John's College, Johannesburg |
| Tuition | Day: ZAR 127,460.00 Boarding: ZAR 90,970.00 |
| Former pupils | Old Stithians |
| Website | www |
St Stithians College ('Saints') is a Methodist church school situated on the border of Randburg and Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa. It follows a co-ordinate educational model within a village of schools consisting of boys' and girls' colleges, boys' and girls' preparatory schools, and a junior preparatory. It is built on a 100 hectare estate, one of the largest school campuses in the country.
As a Methodist school, it has ties to Kearsney College, Epworth High School, Penryn College and Kingswood College.
The school is also a member of the G20 Schools Group. The Boys' and the Girls' Colleges are members of The Round Square Conference of Schools.
St Stithians College was listed as the top academically performing private school in South Africa in 2015 by Business Tech.
The idea of setting up a Methodist school in Johannesburg came to G.K. Tucker, who wanted to base it on the pattern of his old school, Kingswood College in Grahamstown. The Methodist Church did not have the money so he turned to people who would be interested in financing it.
He met two Cornishmen, both born in 1859, Albert Charles Collins and William Mountstephens, who were Methodists and promising new businessmen who had started to make a name for themselves in their new country.
Collins, who never married, died first and this led to the creation of the Trust for building the Methodist school Tucker had dreamt of. The Trust was formally opened in April 1941 and, at Mountstephens' suggestion, was named after Collins' birthplace, Stithians, a village in Cornwall.
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