Herschel Girls School is a

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for girls, located in Claremont, a southern suburb of

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. The school has pre-nursery through to grade 12 and is affiliated with the Anglican church, which owns the school buildings. The school, described as "one of the country's best-known schools for girls", is one of the top performing schools in South Africa, achieving the highest academic results in the country for National Senior Certificate exams in 2019. The purpose of Herschel Girls School is and always has been to provide an empowering education for girls and to be a leader in girls’ education and advocacy for women in South Africa. There are waiting lists for every grade, including pre-nursery.

Notable alumnae

* Alide Dasnois, journalist and newspaper editor * Margaret Elsworth, founder of the African Scholars' Fund and the African Scholars' Fund UK *

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, BBC Radio 4 broadcaster * Diana E. H. Russell, feminist scholar and activist * Pauline Vogelpoel, arts administrator *Zoe Beyers, BBC Philharmonic concertmaster * Kayla de Waal, South African field hockey player

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