This year is the 10th time we host the Kearsney Independent Schools Stayers’ Tournament, bringing together a record number of teams – a testament to our community’s growing enthusiasm for basketball.
A leading independent traditional high school for boys
SA Schools Basketball
We are proud to announce that Reabetswe Sithole has been selected to the SA U18 ...
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SA Schools Hockey
Congratulations to Matthew Mendes de Oliveira's on his selection to the SA U18A Men's hockey ...
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KZN Rugby teams
Congratulations to our boys and staff who have selected to various KZN Rugby teams ...
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KZN Schools Hockey
Congratulations to the following boys who have been selected for KZN hockey teams ...
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KZN Swimming
We would like to congratulate James Beningfield who has been selected to represent the KZN ...
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KZN Basketball selection
Congratulations to the following boys who have been selected to represent KZN Basketball at the ...
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KZN Tennis selection
Congratulations to the following boys who have been selected to represent KZN tennis at the ...
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Outstanding IEB NSC Results
We congratulate the Class of 2022 on achieving a remarkable set of results in their ...
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Top performing Maths School in KZN
For the third year in a row, Kearsney has been recognised as the Top Performing ...
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SA Schools Golf
Congratulations to Julian Daws on his selection to the SA Schools Golf team. Julian captained ...
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Jabulani Nyathi awarded MPhil from Cambridge University
Congratulations to Jabulani Nyathi (Deputy Headboy, 2015) who has been awarded his MPhil in Engineering ...
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Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University awarded to Old Boy
We are proud to report that Kearsney Old Boy Dr Wakithi Mabaso (Class of 2013) ...
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Kearsney Academic Records
Internationally recognised IEB Matriculation
98% Bachelor Degree Pass
2022
100% Matric pass rate
46% Distinctions in Maths.
Class ave. 75% *2022
37% Distinctions in Science
(IEB Average 18%) *2022
100% Mandarin pass rate
Exclusively Kearsney
52 Ha country-like estate
Separate Boarding House for Grade 8s
4 Boarding Houses for Grades 9 to 12
Resident Methodist Chaplain
Kearsney People
650 Pupils
73% of pupils are boarders
89,7% of students live in Kwa-Zulu Natal
5 Countries in the International Exchange programme
2,4 Tertiary qualifications average per teacher
30 Teachers are IEB examiners, sub-examiners or moderators (2020)
Kearsney Sports
13 Roles are filled by staff to select, coach or manage SA or KZN teams
15 Sports offered
22 Sporting venues with exceptional facilities
7 Boys selected for SA squads in 2019 and 68 for KZN in various sports.
2020 sports were impacted by COVID-19 restrictions.
Expanding Horizons
Over 20 Clubs and societies
15 Gold medals won by Choir at
World Choir Games
School attendace and community service were affected by COVID-119 restrictions in 2020.
15,265 hours of community service performed in 2019.
10% of 2020 matriculants studying overseas
17% of 2020 matriculants are studying Law, Medicine or Engineering
14 Old Boys’ branches around the world, including 7 international
Kearsney Classroom
20,5 Average class size
10,5:1 Pupil : Teacher ratio
18 Number of Matric subjects
Over 120 Number of possible
subject packages
Featured
September 2020: “Hello World (The World is Ours)” by Aloe Blacc; performed by the Kearsney College Choir. The Choir were excited to be able to perform live once again, even without an audience and whilst observing social distancing and COVID protocols.
