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Address Boschrand Farm, R40, Nelspruit, 1200, South Africa Similar Hoerskool Bergvlam, Lowveld High School, Hoërskool Nelspruit, Uplands College, Lowveld Media Profiles | ||
Penryn College is a co-educational, English-medium private school situated in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, South Africa. It is also a global member of Round Square. Penryn College was officially founded in 1991 in an Anglican church in Plaston, Mpumalanga. Since then, the college has changed its venue to a large space on the Boschrand Farm.
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Name
Penryn College is named after Penryn in Cornwall. The name Penryn means "Top of the Hill" in the Cornish language. Ironically, Penryn College is actually situated on top of a hill. This is often used as a metaphor by Penryn when it refers to itself as the 'light on top of the hill.' A reference to it seeing itself as being a light of hope on the hill.
Demographics
Though Penryn is an English-medium institution, its scholars come from a diverse collection of ethnic, linguistic and racial groups.
The majority of Penryn's scholars are generally Afrikaans, siSwati, Tsonga or English speakers from Nelspruit, however there is a growing Portuguese-speaking demographic among scholars coming from Mozambique.