Belgravia High School

Coordinates: 33°58′20″S 18°31′07″E / 33.9721°S 18.5186°E / -33.9721; 18.5186
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Belgravia Secondary School
Address
Map
Veld Road, Belgravia Estate, Athlone, Cape Town,


Coordinates33°58′20″S 18°31′07″E / 33.9721°S 18.5186°E / -33.9721; 18.5186
Information
MottoWork Ennobles
Established21 January 1957
StatusOpen
PrincipalA.N. Buis
Number of students890
WebsiteSchool site

Belgravia Secondary School, also known as Belgravia High School is an English-medium school in

Athlone, a suburb of Cape Town
, South Africa.

History

The school was founded by six people on 21 January 1957 when it was called the Athlone Secondary School No. 2. It was not until 1957 that it got the name of Belgravia and it took until 1959 before there were brick buildings.[1]

During the Western Cape Youth Uprising of 1976 the students at both Alexander Sinton Secondary School and this school boycotted classes on 16 August during a period that saw marches, random acts of arson and battles between students and the police.[2]

References

  1. ^ History Archived 2014-06-20 at the Wayback Machine, Belgravia school site, retrieved 19 August 2014
  2. ^ Western Cape Student Uprising, SA History online, retrieved 19 August 2014