St. Mary's Diocesan School for Girls, Kloof
Encyclopedia
St. Mary's Diocesan School for Girls is a private
boarding
and day school for girls situated in the suburb of Kloof, near Durban
, in KwaZulu-Natal
, South Africa
.
The school has an Anglican foundation. Archbishop Desmond Tutu
delivered an address and attended the annual prizegiving in 1994.
The school celebrated its centenary in 2006.
and the Indian Ocean
.
Day scholars are accommodated throughout the school, with boarding available from the high school.
exams and its leavers achieve poor results.
Private school
Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...
boarding
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
and day school for girls situated in the suburb of Kloof, near Durban
Durban
Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...
, in KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa. Prior to 1994, the territory now known as KwaZulu-Natal was made up of the province of Natal and the homeland of KwaZulu....
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
.
History
The school was founded in 1906 on Field's Hill in Kloof and was called St. Elizabeth's. It relocated to its present site in 1909 and was renamed St. Mary's in 1919 at the stipulation of a benefactor.The school has an Anglican foundation. Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu is a South African activist and retired Anglican bishop who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid...
delivered an address and attended the annual prizegiving in 1994.
The school celebrated its centenary in 2006.
Heads of School
- Miss N. Bertram (1918–1919)
- Miss Gertrude Staines (1920–1934)
- Miss C.M. Butcher (1935–1951)
- Miss Henley (1952–1961)
- Miss Beer (OxonOxonOxon may refer to:* Oxon, England, short for Oxonia , a county in the United Kingdom* Oxon , an organic compound* Universitas Oxoniensis, the University of Oxford...
) (1962–1968) - Miss M. Johnson (1969–1974)
- Mrs P.S. Scourfield (1975–1977)
- Mrs P.A. Butler (1978–1980)
- Jeremy Sabine (1981–2003)
- Andrew Wood (2004–2005)
- Mrs Tyna Charter (2005–present)
St. Mary's today
The school has over 9 hectares of grounds; 660 metres above sea level overlooking DurbanDurban
Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...
and the Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
.
Day scholars are accommodated throughout the school, with boarding available from the high school.
Academics
St. Mary's is one of the top schools that write the Independent Examinations BoardIndependent Examinations Board
thumb|Independent Examinations BoardThe Independent Examinations Board or IEB South African independent assessment agency which offers examinations for various client schools. It is most prominent in setting the examinations for the school-leaving National Senior Certificate, or NSC, which...
exams and its leavers achieve poor results.
| IEB Results | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of candidates | 79 | 72 | 79 | 82 | 88 | 81 | 88 | 101 |
| Number of failures | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| University endorsement (%) | 100 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 100 |
| A aggregates (%) | 33 | 54 | 60 | 49 | 48 | 43 | 48 | 49.5 |
| A-B-C aggregates (%) | 100 | 97.2 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 97 | 100 |
| Subject distinctions | 116 | 177 | 194 | 195 | 212 | 160 | 230 | 225 |
| Number in top 50 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |