Kingswood College (South Africa)

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Kingswood College
Kingswood College School Crest
Location
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Makhanda , Eastern Cape South Africa
Coordinates	33°18′14″S 26°31′52″E / 33.30389°S 26.53111°E / -33.30389; 26.53111
Information
School type	Private & Boarding
Motto	Studia Hilaritate Proveniunt (In Cheerfulness, Is The Success Of Our Studies)
Religious affiliation(s)	Methodist Church
Established	14 March 1894; 127 years ago (1894-03-14)
Founders	Daniel Knight William Shaw
Locale	Suburban
School number	+27 (046) 603 6600
Headmistress	Dr Colleen Vassiliou
Exam board	IEB
Grades	Pre-Primary (Grade 000 - Grade R) to Grade 12, then Bridging Year (Post Matric).
Gender	Boys & Girls
Age	3 to 18
Number of students	1,400 pupils
Language	English
Schedule	08:00 - 14:00
Campus	Urban Campus
Colour(s)	Red   Black   White
Nickname	Kingswoodian
Rivals	Diocesan School for Girls, Grahamstown St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown
Affiliations	Cambridge International Schools ISASA Round Square
Alumni	Old Kingswoodian Association
Fees	R86,150 to R157,710 for boarders R20,850 to R88,725 for day scholars
Website	www.kingswoodcollege.com

Kingswood College is a private, Methodist co-educational school in Makhanda, Eastern Cape, South Africa attended by boarding and day scholars, and a member of the Independent Schools Association of South Africa. The school leavers write the matriculation examinations set by the Independent Examinations Board (IEB).

History[]

Kingswood College is one of the oldest Methodist boarding schools in the country. It derives its name and ideals from Kingswood School, the 18th century college established by John Wesley ^[a] near Bristol, England in 1748.

The Reverend William Shaw was a Methodist minister who came to Eastern Cape as a member of Sephton's party of 1820 Settlers, he founded the Salem Academy in Salem in the Albany district in the 1830s. The Academy was subsequently moved to Grahamstown where it was renamed the Shaw College, and later the Wesleyan Collegiate School for Boys. In 1896 the Wesleyan Collegiate School for Boys was located on the site that is the present home of Kingswood College.

Kingswood College was founded by Daniel Knight in 1894.^[1]

Sport[]

Kingswood College has been performing very well on sports during the year.

The sports that are offered in the school are:

• Archery
• Athletics
• Basketball
• Chess
• Cricket
• Cross country
• Cycling
• Equestrian
• Golf
• Hockey
• Netball
• Rowing
• Rugby
• Squash
• Swimming
• Table tennis
• Tennis
• Water polo

Notable alumni[]

• Neil Aggett, medical doctor and political activist who died in police custody
• Chris Bennett (admiral)
• Tiny Francis, rugby player
• Geoffrey de Jager, businessman and philanthropist
• Fabian Juries, rugby player
• Jeremy Mansfield, radio and TV personality
• Sir Allan Mossop, Chief Judge of the British Supreme Court for China
• Bennie Osler, rugby player
• Meyrick Pringle, cricketer
• Brett Wilkinson, rugby player
• David Denton, rugby player
• Grant Hattingh, rugby player
• Rosco Speckman, rugby player and Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Brett Schultz, cricketer
• Jack Slater, rugby Springbok
• Denys Hobson, cricketer
• David Divine, novelist, Distinguished Service Medal (WW2), CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
• Harvey Tyson, author and former editor of THE STAR newspaper
• Graham Beck, internationally acclaimed business magnate, wine maker, stud farmer and philanthropist
• Percy Scholes
• Uyinene Mrwetyana, Key figure for a movement by South African women against gender based violence.

Notes and references[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Independent Schools Association of South Africa