St John's College (Johannesburg, South Africa)
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Johannesburg, Gauteng South Africa |
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| Motto |
Lux vita caritas (Light, life, love) |
| Principal | Paul Edey |
| Grades | Pre-Preparatory (0–3) Preparatory (4–7) College (8–12) Sixth Form ( Cambridge A Levels) |
| Enrollment | 1350 |
| Colour(s) | Navy blue and maroon |
| Mascot | Eagle |
| Rival | Parktown Boys' High School, KES, St. Stithians, St Benedicts |
| Dayboy Houses | Thomson, Alston, Clarke, Fleming |
| Boarding Houses | Nash, Clayton, Hill, Hodgson, Runge |
| Fees | R 201000 p.a. (tuition and boarding) R 125000 p.a. (tuition only) |
| Website | www |
St John's College is a private school for boys in South Africa. It is situated in Houghton, Johannesburg.
St John's College was ranked 11th out of the top 100 best high schools in Africa by Africa Almanac in 2003, based upon quality of education, student engagement, strength and activities of alumni, school profile, internet and news visibility.
St John's College was founded in Johannesburg on 1 August 1898 and is an Anglican school. It was founded by the Revd Mr John Darragh, rector of St Mary's Anglican Church, Eloff Street, Johannesburg. He persuaded his parish council of the need to establish an Anglican school for boys. His curate, the Revd Mr J L Hodgson, was appointed the first Headmaster. The first classes started in a house in Plein Street, Johannesburg with two desks and seven pupils aged six to 14. However the school was forced to close at the end of 1899 due to the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War. St John's re-opened in 1902 two months after the signing of the peace treaty, and grew rapidly under Mr Hodgson and eight staff.
Soon there were 180 boys which was too many for the Plein Street premises, and St John's moved to larger premises in a wood and iron building near the Union Grounds between Joubert Park and the old Wanderers (now Johannesburg's main railway station). However, the British colonial government under Lord Milner was ideologically opposed to private schools believing that they were not beneficial to society. In order to Anglicize the Transvaal area during the Anglo-Boer war, Milner set out to influence British education in the area for the English-speaking populations. He founded a series of schools known as the "Milner Schools" in South Africa. These schools consist of modern-day Pretoria High School for Girls, Pretoria Boys High School, Jeppe High School for Boys, King Edward VII School (Johannesburg), Potchefstroom High School for Boys, Hamilton Primary School.Over the next few years the school's enrolment plummeted as a result of policies introduced by the Transvaal administration, including the creation of public schools (such as King Edward VII School) within a short distance of their private counterparts. By 1903 45 state schools were open across Johannesburg.
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