St. Mary's Diocesan School for Girls, Kloof
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| St. Mary's DSG | |
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| Service Before Self; God Before All | |
| Established | 1906 |
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| School type | Private, Boarding |
| Locale | Suburban |
| Grades | 0 - 12 |
| Head | Mrs Tyna Charter |
| Exam board | IEB |
| Location | Kloof, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
| Students | 945 girls |
| Colors | Blue and white |
| Fees | R 79 652 p.a. (boarding) R 38 800 p.a. (tuition) |
| Website | www.stmarys.kzn.school.za |
St. Mary's Diocesan School for Girls is a private boarding and day school for girls situated in the leafy suburb of Kloof, near Durban, in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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[edit] History
The school was founded in 1906 on its original site on Field's Hill in Kloof and was called St. Elizabeth's. It relocated to its present site in 1909 and was renamed St. Mary's in 1919 at the stipulation of a benefactor.
The school has an Anglican foundation and Archbishop Desmond Tutu delivered an address and attended the annual prizegiving in 1994.
[edit] Heads of School
- Miss N. Bertram (1918 - 1919)
- Miss Gertrude Staines (1920 - 1934)
- Miss C.M. Butcher (1935 - 1951)
- Miss Henley (1952 - 1961)
- Miss Beer (Oxon) (1962 - 1968)
- Miss M. Johnson (1969 - 1974)
- Mrs P.S. Scourfield (1975 - 1977)
- Mrs P.A. Butler (1978 - 1980)
- Jeremy Sabine (1981 - 2003)
- Andrew Wood (2004 - 2005)
- Mrs Tyna Charter (2005 - present)
[edit] St. Mary's Today
It has over 9 hectares of grounds; 660 metres above sea level overlooking Durban and the Indian Ocean.
It is recognised as both a top-performing and highly prestigious girls' school with excellent facilities, offering a wide range of choices in the academic, sporting and cultural spheres to students from the pre-primary level to matriculation.
Day scholars are accommodated throughout the school, with boarding available from the high school. The school celebrates its centenary in 2006.
[edit] Academics
St. Mary's is one of the top schools that write the Independent Examinations Board exams and its leavers achieve consistently high results.
| IEB Results | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
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| Number of candidates | 79 | 72 | 79 | 82 | 88 | 81 |
| Number of failures | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| University endorsement (%) | 100 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 100 |
| A aggregates (%) | 33 | 54 | 60 | 49 | 48 | 43 |
| A-B-C aggregates (%) | 100 | 97.2 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 99 |
| Subject distinctions | 116 | 177 | 194 | 195 | 212 | 160 |
| Number in top 50 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
[edit] Notable alumni
- Carla la Reserveé (1997), international model and winner of FHM 100 Sexiest 2006
- Sarah-Kate Seaward (2001), model, actress, Miss SA 2005 finalist and Revlon Supermodel Reality Show contestant
