Sea Point High School, formerly Sea Point Boys' High School, is a co-educational

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high school in Main Road,

Sea Point Sea Point (Afrikaans: ''Seepunt'') is one of Cape Town's most affluent and densely populated suburbs, situated between Signal Hill and the Atlantic Ocean, a few kilometres to the west of Cape Town's Central Business District (CBD). Moving from ...

Cape Town Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...

, 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 Ellerslie Girls' High School was a girls' public high school at 355 Main Road, Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa. The school was established in 1898. In 1989 the school merged with Sea Point High School, formerly Sea Point Boys' High School, wh ...

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 *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

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, British actor *

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rugby player from 1928 to 1938 * Sir Ronald Harwood,

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, FRSL – British author, playwright and screenwriter * Sir Antony Sher, KBE – British actor, writer and theatre director * Derek Miles Yellon – Medical researcher

References

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'. Schools in Cape Town High schools in South Africa Educational institutions established in 1884 1884 establishments in the Cape Colony {{SouthAfrica-school-stub