Clapham High School

Clapham High School
Clapham High School
Location
	Soutpansberg Road, Queenswood; Pretoria, Gauteng; South Africa
Information
School type	Public school
Motto	Moving to good to great
Established	1948; 77 years ago
School district	District 4
School number	012 333 6011
Headmaster	Noreen Schutte
Staff	100 full-time
Grades	8–12
Gender	Boys & Girls
Age	14 to 18
Number of students	1,300 pupils
Language	English
Schedule	07:30 - 14:00
Campus	Urban Campus
Campus type	Suburban
Houses	Bowers; Evans; Oates; Scott; Wilson;
Colours	Maroon ; White
Rivals	The Glen High School ; Rietondale High School
Accreditation	Gauteng Department of Education
Website	claphamhighschool.co.za
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Clapham High School is a public, English-speaking high school in Queenswood, Pretoria, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. The school moved out of central Pretoria to the present facilities in Queenswood, beginning of 1955, and has approximately 1300 pupils.

History

The boys U/15 soccer team won the 2022 Football Championship held in Benoni, Gauteng.^[1] The win qualified them to represent South Africa at the CAF African Schools Football Championship COSAFA qualifiers. In 2023 they won the CAF African Schools Football Championship COSAFA qualifiers 1-0 against Salima Secondary School from Malawi and advanced to the inaugural CAF African Schools Football Championship.^[2] They lost the CAF African Schools Football Championship final 5-4 via penalties to CS Ben Sekou Sylla from Guinea after the match ended in a 1-1 draw.^[3]

They ended the 2023 season with the boys U/15 soccer team crowned the inaugural Gauteng Schools Football Champions League champions.^[4]

Sport

The school intra-sport teams are divided into houses which are named after the members of the Terra Nova Expedition: Scott, Wilson, Evans, Bowers, and Oates.

Sport is not compulsory, as the school believes that success and enjoyment comes with voluntary participation. However, the grade 8 learners are expected to attend most of the sport meetings as spectators. The school offers the following sports:

Clapham High School is part of the Pretoria English Medium High Schools Athletics Association which is good-spirited rivalry between all the co-ed government schools in Pretoria. The schools have three meetings held a year including the swimming gala (held at Hillcrest Swimming Pool), cross country (held at the host school) and an athletics meeting (held at Pilditch Stadium). Other schools participating in the association are: