Sea Point High School
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School in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Sea Point High School | |
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Address | |
Main Road, Sea Point , , 8005 South Africa | |
Coordinates | 33°54′39″S 18°23′36″E / 33.9108°S 18.3932°E / -33.9108; 18.3932 |
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School type | Public, high school |
Motto | Laborare est orare (To work is to pray) |
Religious affiliation(s) | Christian |
Established | 21 April 1884 (1884-04-21) |
Status | Open |
School district | District 4 |
School number | 021 434 9141 |
Principal | Leana le Breton |
Grades | 8–12 |
Gender | Boys & Girls |
Age | 14 to 18 |
Language | English |
Schedule | 07:30 - 15:00 |
Campus | Urban Campus |
Colour(s) | Black Red Yellow |
Accreditation | Western Cape Education Department |
Feeder schools | Sea Point Primary School |
Website | seapointhighschool |
Sea Point High School, formerly Sea Point Boys' High School, is a co-educational public high school in Main Road, Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa. The school was established on 21 April 1884. In 1925, the senior grades were separated from the junior grades. In 1989, the school merged with Ellerslie Girls' High School after becoming co-educational.
Headmasters and principals
- George Hosking, B.A., 1884–1902
- J. Longwill, M.A., 1902–1904
- Thomas Young, M.A., 1904–1928
- C. H. Anderson, M.A., 1929–1938
- Ronald Graham, M.A., 1938–1947
- A. D. Dodd, M.A., M.Ed., 1947–1969
- John Gibbon, Ph.D.
- Philip Gurney, M.A., M.Ed., 1996-1998
- Douglas Quick, 1998-2000 (until death due to brain tumour)
- Marina Kaichis, 2000-mid 2007
- C.B. Murison
- B. Probyn
Carder Tregonning, 2009-2012
- Pieter Botha, Bachelor's Degree, Teaching Diploma, 2013 -2017
- Rondene Richards (acting) 2017-2019
- Leana Le Breton, B.A., HDE, ACE(EMLD), 2019 (current)
Notable alumni
- Graham Armitage, British actor
- Gerry Brand – Springbok rugby player from 1928 to 1938
- Sir Ronald Harwood, CBE, FRSL – British author, playwright and screenwriter
- Sir Antony Sher, KBE – British actor, writer and theatre director
- Derek Miles Yellon – Medical researcher
Refer to the book compiled by Frank Quinn, who was a history teacher at the school. Book is titled "Beneath the Lion Bold; a History of the Sea Point Boys High School'.
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