Redhill School is a
private English medium
An English-medium education system is one that uses English as the primary medium of instruction—particularly where English is not the mother tongue of the students.
Initially this is associated with the expansion of English from its homeland i ...
co-educational multi-faith
day school
A day school — as opposed to a boarding school — is an educational institution where children and adolescents are given instructions during the day, after which the students return to their homes. A day school has full-day programs when compa ...
located in
Morningside,
Johannesburg
Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Dem ...
, Gauteng, South Africa. The school's motto is 'Free to Build'.
[Redhill School website http://www.redhill.co.za/ ]
It was founded in 1907 and has over a thousand pupils from pre-primary (3 years) to high school (grade 12) enrolled. The school is part of ISASA (the
Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa
The Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa (ISASA) is the largest and oldest association of independent schools in Southern Africa.
ISASA traces its origins back to the Conference of Headmasters and Headmistresses formed in 1929, and m ...
) and matriculants write the South African IEB examinations. In 2018, the school also introduced the IB (
International Baccalaureate
The International Baccalaureate (IB), formerly known as the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), is a nonprofit foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and founded in 1968. It offers four educational programmes: the IB D ...
) Diploma Program as an optional parallel program to the IEB.
The school is divided into a Redhill Early Learning Center, Redhill Preparatory School, Redhill Middle School and Redhill High School. All four schools share a campus and facilities.
Architecture
The campus is primarily made up of red-brick buildings with green corrugated iron roofing. The older buildings on the campus are a set of thatched rondavels in a typical African style.
References
External links
* https://www.redhill.co.za/about/history
Schools in Johannesburg
Private schools in Gauteng
Educational institutions established in 1907
1907 establishments in South Africa
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