Queen's College Boys' High School
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For other schools, see Queen's College (disambiguation).
Queen's College Boys' High School, more commonly referred to as Queen's College (or simply QC), is a fee-paying semi-private English medium high school for boys situated in the town of Komani in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Established in 1858 first as Prospect House Academy,[1] it is the oldest school in the Border region and among the 100 oldest schools in South Africa.[1] The college is associated with Queen's College Boys' Primary School, which was established on 15 November 1957, a year before the high school marked 100 years of existence.
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16 Berry Street, Top Town , | |
Coordinates | 31.8898°S 26.8765°E / -31.8898; 26.8765 |
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Former name | Prospect House Academy, Public School for Boys, Queenstown Grammar School |
School type | All-boys semi-private School |
Motto | Esse Quam Videri (To be, rather than to seem to be) |
Established | 21 April 1858; 166 years ago (1858-04-21) |
Founder | Mr. C.E. Ham |
Status | Government subsidised, fee paying public school |
Sister school | Queenstown Girls' High School |
School district | Chris Hani West District |
Oversight | School Governing Body |
Headmaster | Janse van der Ryst (1 January 2018 (2018-01-01) - present) |
Grades | 8–12 |
Gender | Male |
Number of students | 575 boys |
Language | English (main) Xhosa (Additional language) Afrikaans (Additional language) (Addition language) |
Schedule | Monday - Friday 07:30 - 13:30 |
Campus | Urban Campus |
Houses | Beswick [Boarders] Mallet [Day Boys] |
Colour(s) | Black Old Gold White |
Song | The College Song & Queen's Forever |
Fight song | Ingonyama (War Cry) |
Sports | Athletics Basketball Cricket Cross country Football Hockey Rugby Squash Tennis Golf |
Mascot | Kudu |
Nickname | QC, Queen's |
Rivals | |
Accreditation | Eastern Cape Department of Education |
Newspaper | Queen's Quote |
Yearbook | The Queen's Quire |
Affiliations | International Boys' School Coalition, Queenstown Education Foundation, Four Schools One Family |
Website | www |
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