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St John's College (Johannesburg)

Private Anglican school in South Africa

Field	Value
name	St John's College
image	St John's College Bell Tower. JPM.JPG
caption	The Bell Tower at St John's College
motto	Lux Vita Caritas
motto_translation	Light Life Love
streetaddress	St David Rd, Houghton Estate
city	Johannesburg
province	Gauteng
country	South Africa
schooltype	Private & Boarding
established
founder	Revd John Darragh
district
sister_school	St Mary's School, Waverley
chairman

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- Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa *
- Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference * R 220 828 p.a. (tuition only) St John's College is a private Anglican day and boarding school situated in Houghton Estate in Johannesburg, South Africa. It was founded in 1898, by Rev. John Darragh, and comprises five schools: College, Preparatory, Pre-Preparatory and The Bridge Nursery, as well as a co-educational sixth form. St John's College is a member of the Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa.

History

Expansion and growth

The Community of the Resurrection relinquished control of the school to the Diocese of Johannesburg in 1934.

In 1972, Jan Breitenbach became the first South African headmaster. Cadet corps ceases to exist. The first girl was accepted into Sixth Form. In 1973 the school became a three-term school.

Academics

Rankings

St John's College was ranked 11th out of the top 100 best high schools in Africa by Africa Almanac in 2003, based upon quality of education, student engagement, strength and activities of alumni, school profile, internet and news visibility.

Notable alumni

Glenn Babb, former ambassador, politician and consul general of Turkey
Hugh Lewin, former member of African Resistance Movement, anti-apartheid campaigner, author and founder of the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism;
John Edmund Kerrich (1903–1985), former professor of Mathematical Statistics at Witwatersrand University, who performed a celebrated series of statistical experiments while interned in Nazi-occupied Denmark in the 1940s;
Demetri Catrakilis – former Western Province (rugby team) flyhalf and member of the 2012 Currie Cup winning team
Ian Player, former international conservationist
Abel Selaocoe, musician
Oswald Austin Reid – Victoria Cross recipient
Caesar Hull, World War II flying ace
Eric Rosenthal, historian and author
Tony Trahar, former CEO of Anglo American 2000–2007
Clive Rice, Cricketer
Kai Luke Brümmer, actor
Gideon Emery, actor
Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh, author, musician
Masego 'Maps' Maponyane, TV personality
Sir Alistair Morton, former Chief Executive of Eurotunnel and chairman of the Strategic Rail Authority
Tshilidzi Marwala, academic and businessman
Bruce Mitchell, cricketer
Siyabulela Xuza, scientist, energy-engineering expert, entrepreneur
Spoek Mathambo, musician
Kaizer Motaung Junior, football player
Jack Phipps (1925–2010), British arts administrator
Kiernan Forbes (AKA), Rap artist, producer
Chris Froome, British professional road racing cyclist and 2013, 2015, 2016, and 2017 Tour de France winner
David Hunt, South African rower, Rio 2016 Olympian and U23 World Champion.
Scott Spedding, former professional rugby player, representing France at a national level after obtaining citizenship at the beginning of 2014. Owen Nkumane, Springbok Hooker Devon Conway, International cricket player

Memberships

Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa
Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference

References

"History".
Hooper-Greenhill, Eilean. (2013-03-07). "Museum, Media, Message".
(1 October 2003). "top20highschools".
Who's Who of Southern Africa Media24 Digital 6 January 2008
"Courier Market".
"ACO 2025: Meet cellist Abel Selaocoe".
(2011). "2011 Prefects". Newsletter.
"'People are going to be outraged by a lot said in this book'- Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh". News24.
"Maps Maponyane to host new local entrepreneurial show". Channel.
"Notable South Africans".
"Spedding's tears of joy for France".

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