Clapham High School Explained

Clapham High School
Streetaddress:Soutpansberg Road, Queenswood
Motto:Moving to good to great
District:District 4
Number:012 333 6011
Headmaster:Noreen Schutte
Staff:100 full-time
Grades:812
Gender:Boys & Girls
Colours: Maroon
White
Houses:
  • Bowers
  • Evans
  • Oates
  • Scott
  • Wilson
Schedule:07:30 - 14:00
Students:1,300 pupils
Lower Age:14
Upper Age:18
Campus:Urban Campus
Campus Type:Suburban
Rivals:The Glen High School
Rietondale High School
Website:claphamhighschool.co.za

Clapham High School is a public, English-speaking high school in Queenswood, Pretoria, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. The school moved out of central Pretoria to the present facilities in Queenswood, beginning of 1955, and has approximately 1300 pupils.

History

The boys U/15 soccer team won the 2022 Football Championship held in Benoni, Gauteng.[1] The win qualified them to represent South Africa at the CAF African Schools Football Championship COSAFA qualifiers. In 2023 they won the CAF African Schools Football Championship COSAFA qualifiers 1-0 against Salima Secondary School from Malawi and advanced to the inaugural CAF African Schools Football Championship.[2] They lost the CAF African Schools Football Championship final 5-4 via penalties to CS Ben Sekou Sylla from Guinea after the match ended in a 1-1 draw.[3]

They ended the 2023 season with the boys U/15 soccer team crowned the inaugural Gauteng Schools Football Champions League champions.[4]

Sport

The school intra-sport teams are divided into houses which are named after the members of the Terra Nova Expedition: Scott, Wilson, Evans, Bowers, and Oates.

Sport is not compulsory, as the school believes that success and enjoyment comes with voluntary participation. However, the grade 8 learners are expected to attend most of the sport meetings as spectators. The school offers the following sports:

Clapham High School is part of the Pretoria English Medium High Schools Athletics Association which is good-spirited rivalry between all the co-ed government schools in Pretoria. The schools have three meetings held a year including the swimming gala (held at Hillcrest Swimming Pool), cross country (held at the host school) and an athletics meeting (held at Pilditch Stadium). Other schools participating in the association are:

Honours

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022-07-18 . Edendale and Clapham High Schools to represent SA in CAF Pan African U15 Champs - SAFA.net . 2024-05-17 . en-US.
  2. Web site: 2022-11-11 . Clapham High emerged victorious at schools championship . 2024-05-17 . Capital Sport . en-US.
  3. Web site: champions-crowned-at-2022-23-caf-african-schools-football-championship-continent . 2024-05-17 . champions-crowned-at-2022-23-caf-african-schools-football-championship-continent . en-GB.
  4. Web site: Import . Pongrass . 2023-09-29 . Local schools crowned Gauteng Schools Football Champions . 2024-05-17 . Soweto Urban . en-US.