Westerford High School

Description

Westerford High School is a public co-ed high school in Rondebosch, Cape Town. Situated close to Newlands Rugby Ground and Table Mountain, Westerford is spread out over 2 campuses with the main campus in Rondebosch and a secondary campus in Newlands used for sport. The school caters for students from Grade 8 to Grade 12 and has 900 students.

HERITAGE

Westerford opened in January 1953 and celebrated its Diamond Jubilee in March 2013. The site of the school was originally known as Westervoort and the school was known as Claremont Secondary School. In 1956 when the first students matriculated, the school became Westerford College. The school motto is Nil Nisi Optimum which means “Nothing But the Best”.

ACADEMICS

In the 2014 NSC Awards Ceremony at Leeuwenhof, Westerford was again listed in the Top School category for “Excellence in Academic Performance” in the Western Cape. Westerford was placed 7th in the Western Cape for achieving an overall pass rate of over 95% and a Bachelor’s Pass of over 80%.

SPORTS & CULTURE

Westerford currently has more than 40 clubs and societies run by the students, ranging from religion and politics, to social welfare.

SPORT

• Basketball
• Basketball
• Cricket
• Indoor Hockey
• Road Running
• Tennis
• Water polo
• Cross Country
• Hockey
• Netball
• Rugby
• Football
• Squash
• Table Tennis

CULTURE

• DD (Music, Arts, Dance and Drama)
• Animal Rights Activists (ARA)
• Foreign Cultures
• Photographic Society
• English Society
• Hindu Students' Association
• Music Society
• Outdoor Club
• Christian Union
• GARB
• Students Jewish Association
• Afrikaans Klub
• Xhosa Club
• History and Current Affairs
• Muslim Students' Association
• CRED (Computers, Robotics and Electronic Design)
• Equal Education
• Film Society
• Philosophy
• TEDx
• Voxpop

SCHOOL FACILITIES

• Indoor sports centre
• 5 fields
• AstroTurf
• 3 squash courts
• Heated Olympic size swimming pool
• 11 Tennis courts
• 3 Basketball courts
• Seminar rooms
• Computer labs
• Jubilee Centre