St Mary's School, Waverley

St Mary's School, Waverley
St Mary's School, Waverley
Address
	55 Athol Street, St John's College, Johannesburg
Headmistress	Deanne King
Exam board	IEB
Grades	000–12
Gender	Female
Age	3 to 18
Number of students	1,057 girls
Language	English
Schedule	07:30 - 14:15
Campus	Urban Campus
Houses	Clayton; Furse; Karney; Phelps;
Colour(s)	Blue, red, white
Rivals	Jeppe High School for Girls; St. Andrew's School for Girls; St Mary's DSG, Pretoria;
Alumni	Old Girls
School fees	R 232,600 p.a. (boarding termly); R 112 450 p.a. (tuition Form V);
Website	www.stmaryschool.co.za

St Mary's School is a

Anglican and boarding school for girls situated in the suburb of Waverley in Johannesburg in the Gauteng

province of South Africa, it is one of the top and most academic schools in Gauteng.

Established in 1888, it is the oldest school in Johannesburg. It was founded by the Anglican clergyman the Rev.

St John's College, Johannesburg in Houghton ten years later in 1898. ^{[citation needed}

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St Mary's School writes the Independent Examinations Board exams.

Alumnae and Old Girls

Houses

St Mary's consists of four houses, each with a different colour, which compete in inter-house events such as hockey, tennis, swimming, athletics, squash, music, debating and theatre.

Junior school houses

Hares (yellow)
Zebras (red)
Springboks (green)
Lions (blue)

Pupils in grade 0 are placed in houses in the first term and stay through grade 7.

High school houses

Clayton (yellow)
Furse (red)
Karney (green)
Phelps (blue)

The house system was introduced in 1934 and students wear their house badges on their blazers with pride. The houses are named after bishops of Johannesburg; Geoffrey Clayton 1934-1949 and Arthur Karney 1922–1933; bishop of Pretoria, Michael Furse 1909–1920 and archbishop of Cape Town, Francis Phelps 1931–1938.^{[citation needed]}

Alumnae and Old Girls

Houses

Junior school houses

High school houses

See also