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Arundel School

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Denomination
  
Interdenominational

Headmistress
  
Pauline Makoni

Gender
  
Girls

Motto
  
Gratia Et Scientia

Founded
  
1955

Established
  
1955

Forms
  
1–4, Sixth Form

Phone
  
+263 4 335 699

Number of students
  
522 (2016)

Type
  
Private, day and boarding school

Address
  
28, Arundel School Rd, Harare, Zimbabwe

Similar
  
Gateway High School, Gateway Primary School, Prince Edward School, Allan Wilson School, St George's College

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Arundel School is a private, day and boarding school for girls aged 12–18 in Harare, Zimbabwe.

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Arundel School was ranked 48th 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 alumnae, school profile, internet and news visibility.

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).

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Boarding

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.

Boarding houses

  • Angwa House is a boarding house for Form I pupils. Angwa houses the School Sanatorium.
  • Shire House and Sabi House are the boarding houses for weekly boarders in Forms II-VI.
  • Kafue House is a boarding house for full boarders in Forms II-VI.
  • Competitive houses

    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.

    Notable alumni

  • Elana Hill - Zimbabwe Olympic Rower.
  • Vimbai Mutinhiri - Model, actress, television personality.
  • Shingai Manjengwa - Founder and Director at Fireside Analytics Inc.
  • Dr. Nomathemba Chandiwana - Child and Adolescent Health.
  • Vimbai Kajese - Model, Journalist, News Anchor at China's CCTV-9.
  • Fadzayi Mahere - Advocate of the High Court and Supreme Court of Zimbabwe, LLM Cambridge.
  • Kiri Kankhwende - Senior Press Officer at Christian Solidarity Worldwide.
  • Renee Bonorchis - Journalist at Bloomberg News and NAUI Scuba Instructor.
  • References

    Arundel School Wikipedia