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Contact Us
Reception
Phone: +27 (031) 765 9600
Admission Enquiries
Marketing Assistant: Sinegugu Ndlovu
Phone: +27 (031) 765 9600
Email the Marketing Assistant
School Enquiries
Headmaster: Mr Patrick Lees
Headmaster’s Secretary: Mrs Pearl McCluskey
+27 (031) 765 9600
Email the Headmaster’s secretary
Commercial Director, Finance: Mrs Catherine Mowat
+27 (031) 765 9600
Email the Commercial Director
Director of Advancement: Mr Robert Carpenter
+27 (031) 765 9600
Email the Director of Advancement
Foundation Director: Mrs Shantell van Jaarsveld
+27 (031) 765 9600
Email the Foundation Director
Kit & Clothing Shop Manager: Mrs Anne Bailey
+27 (031) 765 9607
Email the Shop
Receptionist: Ms Europa Ngubane
+27 (031) 765 9600
Email Reception
Postal Address
Kearsney College
P O Box 1001
Botha’s Hill
KwaZulu-Natal
South Africa
3660
Housemasters’ emails
Senior Housemaster: Mr Mouton Badenhorst
Haley (Grade 8s): Mr Badenhorst
Hours of Operation
Office hours
Official working hours of the College’s administration departments:
School terms:
Switchboard and reception: Monday to Friday 07:30 – 16:00
Other departments: Monday to Friday 07:30 – 16:00
School holidays:
Switchboard and reception: Monday to Friday 07:30 – 15:30
Other departments: Monday to Friday 08:00 – 16:00
Kit & Clothing Shop
Monday to Friday 07:00 – 16:00
Saturday 07:30 – 12:30
The shop will be closed for some of the half terms and holidays, as notified.
Coffee Shop
During the term: Monday 07:00 – 17:30
Tuesday to Friday 08:00 – 17:30
Saturday 07:30 – 17:00
Sunday 08:00 – 15:00
Location and directions
25 Old Main Road, Botha’s Hill, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
GPS Co-ordinates: 29°39’93″S, 30°27’61″E
From Durban or King Shaka International Airport
From King Shaka International Airport, take the N2 south towards Durban.
At the interchange 165/EB Cloete, keep left and follow signs for the N3 towards Pietermaritzburg/Johannesburg.
Turn left onto N3. After 6.1km, take exit 17 to merge onto M13 / King Cetshwayo Highway towards Pinetown/Pietermaritzburg.
After 13.8km, take exit 28 for the R103/Old Main Road towards Hillcrest/Gillitts. Go 220m and turn right into Old Main Road. Travel through Hillcrest and proceed up Botha’s Hill. The College entrance gate is on the left a short way after cresting the hill.
From Pietermaritzburg / Gauteng via Pietermaritzburg
Travel south along the N3. Take exit35 onto the M13 towards Hillcrest/Durban.
After 1.6km, take exit 33 towards the R103/Assagay/Hillcrest West. After 450m, turn left into Kassier Road.
After 3.3km, you will reach the traffic lights at the intersection with the R103/Old Main Road.
Turn left into Old Main Road and proceed up Botha’s Hill.
After approximately 2km, you will reach the summit of Botha’s Hill the College gates are a short distance further, on the left.
Kearsney College is just 40 minutes’ drive away from King Shaka International Airport.
There are direct flights to Durban’s King Shaka International Airport from:
Dubai
Gaberone, Botswana
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Lusaka, Zambia
Maputo, Mozambique
Windhoek, Namibia
Mauritius
There are numerous flights from Johannesburg to Durban every day.
The College transport boarders to and from the airport at the end and start of terms.
