Penryn | |
Motto: | One and All |
Type: | Preparatory & College |
Headmaster: | Mr Michael Eisen |
Houses: | Goshawk Harrier Kite Kestrel |
Gender: | Boys & Girls |
Grades: | 000012 |
Schedule: | 07:30 - 15:00 |
Students: | 1,500 pupils |
Lower Age: | 3 |
Upper Age: | 18 |
Colours: | Blue Red White |
Newspaper: | Penryn Post |
Website: | http://www.penryn.co.za/ |
Penryn is a co-educational, English-medium private school situated in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, South Africa. It is also a global member of Round Square.[1] Penryn was officially started in 1991 in a Methodist church in Plaston, Mpumalanga, with 13 pupils and 2 teachers,[2] as a sister school to St Stithians College in Randburg, Johannesburg.[3] Two years later, the college moved to its own campus on Boschrand Ridge, where it was officially opened by Enos Mabuza.
Penryn is named after Penryn, Cornwall. The name Penryn means "Top of the Hill" in the Cornish language. The college is indeed situated on top of a hill. This is often used as a metaphor by Penryn when it refers to itself as the light on the hill. A reference to it seeing itself as being a light of hope on the hill.
Sports played at Penryn College include:
Penryn College offers a wide range of cultural activities. Including the following: