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Jeppe High School For Girls

160 Roberts Avenue, Kensington, Johannesburg, Gauteng
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Contact Details Visit Website +27+2116165090

Description

Jeppe High School for Girls (Jeppe Girls) is a high school for girls in Johannesburg, Gauteng. Jeppe Girls’ was rated the top school in Gauteng in a survey by the Beeld newspaper in 2010 and is one of the top feeder schools to the University of Witwatersrand. The school caters for girls from Grade 8 to Grade 12. The sister school if Jeppe High School for Boys.

HERITAGE

There are 3 Jeppe schools in Johannesburg, each with their own premises. Jeppe Girls’ was established in 1890 when it was founded along with the boys school as a single private Anglican school under the name St Michael’s College. The school closed during the Anglo Boer War and moved to a new building in 1919.

ACADEMICS

Jeppe Girls’ has achieved a 100% Matric pass rate for the 20th year in a row. The school motto is Forti Nihil Dificilius which means “Nothing is Too Difficult for the Brave”

SPORTS & CULTURE

SPORTS

  • Hockey
  • Netball
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Volleyball
  • Orienteering
  • Cross country
  • Soccer
  • Cricket

CULTURE

  • Drumming
  • Chess
  • Debating
  • Choir
  • Drama
  • First Aid
  • Public speaking
SCHOOL FACILITIES
  • Computer centre
  • Media centre with library
  • Music centre
  • 25m swimming pool
  • 6 tennis courts
  • 5 netball courts
  • 2 hockey/soccer fields
  • Cricket pitch
  • 2 volleyball courts
SCHOLARSHIPS
  • Ruth First Scholarship
NOTABLE GRADUATES
  • Ruth First
  • Professor Isabel Hofmeyer
  • Professor Elizabeth Rankin

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Nearby Attractions

The Kensington Market
The Kensington Market

860 m away - Johannesburg

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Jeppe Boys' High
Jeppe Boys' High

1 km away - Kensington

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Adventure Golf, Park Meadows Centre
Adventure Golf, Park Meadows Centre

3 km away - Cyrildene

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