Motto Iusta Tenete Location Cape Town
South Africa Phone +27 21 761 8074 Founded 1914 | Established 1914 Website www.wpps.org.za Headmaster Simon Weaver | |
Type Independent school,
boys Address 49 Newlands Rd, Claremont, Cape Town, 7708, South Africa Founders Raymond Hutchinson, Geoffrey Stansbury Similar Rondebo Boys' Preparato, Bishops Diocesan College, South African College, Bishops Prep, Wynberg Girls' High School Profiles | ||
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Western Province Preparatory School is an independent preparatory school for boys in Cape Town, South Africa.
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History
Western Province Preparatory School was founded in 1914 by two young English schoolmasters, Geoffrey Stansbury and Raymond Hutchinson. They rented Thornton House in Kenilworth and enrolled 26 boys but by 1918 the school had expanded and Mount Royal in Newlands Road, Claremont was bought. The school remained under the leadership of the Stansbury family until 1959 when it became affiliated to St Andrew’s College, Grahamstown. There followed a period of rapid expansion and a series of visionary headmasters.The school celebrated its centenary in 2014. Currently there are 457 boys at the school.
Facilities
The school currently has two sites (referred to as campuses): Eden Road and Newlands Road - Newlands being the senior half of the school. It has 3 sports fields:the Dauncey,the Mount Royal and the Douglas Murray;and a 25m swimming pool. The newest building on the Newlands side is the Centenary Pavilion built for when the school turned 100.