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St John's College (Johannesburg)

St John's College is a private Anglican day and boarding school situated in Houghton Estate in Johannesburg, South Africa. It was founded in 1898 and comprises five schools: College, Preparatory, Pre-Preparatory and The Bridge Nursery, as well as a co-educational sixth form. St John's College is a member of the Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa.

St John's College

Lux Vita Caritas
(Light Life Love)

1 August 1898 (1898-08-01)

Revd John Darragh

Stuart West

IEB

100 full-time

Bridge Nursery School (000-00) Pre-Preparatory (0–2) Preparatory (3–7) College (8–12) Sixth Form ( Cambridge A Levels)

Boys & Girls

3 to 18

1,350 pupils

08:00 – 15:00

Urban Campus

Suburban

9

    Blue, maroon, white

Eagle

The Blues

R 352 850 p.a. (tuition and boarding)
R 167 658 p.a. (tuition only)

Thomson, Alston, Clarke, Fleming

History[edit]

Expansion and growth[edit]

The Community of the Resurrection relinquished control of the school to the Diocese of Johannesburg in 1934.[1]


In 1972, Jan Breitenbach became the first South African headmaster. Cadet corps ceases to exist. The first girl was accepted into Sixth Form. In 1973 the school became a three-term school.[2]

Academics[edit]

Rankings[edit]

St John's College was ranked 11th out of the top 100 best high schools in Africa by Africa Almanac in 2003, based upon quality of education, student engagement, strength and activities of alumni, school profile, internet and news visibility.[3]

former ambassador, politician and consul general of Turkey[4]

Glenn Babb

former member of African Resistance Movement, anti-apartheid campaigner, author and founder of the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism;[5]

Hugh Lewin

(1903–1985), former professor of Mathematical Statistics at Witwatersrand University, who performed a celebrated series of statistical experiments while interned in Nazi-occupied Denmark in the 1940s;

John Edmund Kerrich

– former Western Province (rugby team) flyhalf and member of the 2012 Currie Cup winning team

Demetri Catrakilis

former international conservationist

Ian Player

Victoria Cross recipient

Oswald Austin Reid

World War II flying ace

Caesar Hull

historian and author

Eric Rosenthal

former CEO of Anglo American 2000–2007

Tony Trahar

Cricketer

Clive Rice

actor[6]

Kai Luke Brümmer

actor

Gideon Emery

author, musician[7]

Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh

TV personality[8]

Masego 'Maps' Maponyane

former Chief Executive of Eurotunnel and chairman of the Strategic Rail Authority

Sir Alistair Morton

academic and businessman

Tshilidzi Marwala

cricketer

Bruce Mitchell

developed a cheaper, greener rocket fuel. Attended Harvard, and is now working with NASA. He has a minor planet named after him.[9]

Siyabulela Xuza

musician

Spoek Mathambo

football player

Kaizer Motaung Junior

(1925–2010), British arts administrator

Jack Phipps

(AKA), Rap artist, producer

Kiernan Forbes

British professional road racing cyclist and 2013, 2015, 2016, and 2017 Tour de France winner

Chris Froome

South African rower, Rio 2016 Olympian and U23 World Champion.

David Hunt

former professional rugby player, representing France at a national level after obtaining citizenship at the beginning of 2014.[10]

Scott Spedding

Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa

Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference

List of boarding schools

Official website

Old Johannians official website