Arundel School | |
Alt: | Arundel School |
Caption: | Arundel School |
Country: | Zimbabwe |
Type: | Private, day and boarding school |
Motto: | Gratia Et Scientia |
Motto Translation: | Latin: Grace and Learning |
Established: | 1955 |
Headmistress: | Miss Kudzayi Shawatu |
Gender: | Girls |
Lower Age: | 12 |
Upper Age: | 18 |
Enrollment: | 522 (2016)[1] |
Arundel School is a private, day and boarding school for girls aged 12–18 in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Arundel School was ranked 48th out of the top 100 best high schools in Africa, based upon quality of education, student engagement, strength and activities of alumnae, school profile, internet and news visibility.[2]
Arundel School is a member of the Association of Trust Schools (ATS) and the Head is a member of the Conference of Heads of Independent Schools in Zimbabwe (CHISZ).[3]
Arundel School offers boarding accommodation on two levels which are weekly boarding for girls who return home at the weekends, and full boarding places for girls whose families are further afield. There are four boarding houses, Angwa, Sabi, Shire and Kafue, each accommodating age groups of girls under the guidance and care of full-time House Mistresses, Matrons and staff, assisted by senior girls. The Boarding Mistress has responsibility for all the boarding houses and is assisted by the deputy head girl of boarding as well as the boarding prefects.[4]
Shire and Kafue hostels have recently been renovated and house full and weekly boarders forms 2 to 6. Sabi hostel houses form 1 and 2 full and weekly boarders and has also been recently renovated.
The school is divided into six competitive houses, Austen, Bronte, Burney, Eliot, Gaskell and Irwin. All academic, sporting and cultural achievements earn points for their house. There are many school trophies which are awarded at the end of each term in recognition of the girls individual and collective achievements, including trophies for sporting events, academic achievements, school pride, flower arranging and deportment. .[5]