Chisipite Senior School

Chisipite Senior School
Location
Map
Hindhead Avenue, Chisipite, Harare

Zimbabwe
Coordinates17°47′17″S 31°07′18″E / 17.7879338°S 31.1216326°E / -17.7879338; 31.1216326
Information
TypeIndependent single sex secondary day and boarding school
MottoLatin: Fons Vitae Caritas
(Love is the Fountain of Life)
DenominationInterdenominational
Opened1954
HeadmistressDr. Reilly
Faculty75+
Forms1–4, Sixth Form
GenderGirls
Number of students602 (2016)[1]
Campus size25 acres (10 ha)
Campus typeSuburban
Houses4
Tuition
  • US$2,690.00 (day)
  • US$4,560.00 (boarding)
[a]
Feeder schoolsChisipite Junior School
Affiliations
AlumniFontanians
Websitechisipitesenior.com
  1. ^ Termly fees, the year has 3 terms.[1]

Chisipite Senior School (or Chisipite) is an independent single-sex secondary day and boarding school for girls, located in Harare, Zimbabwe. The school is sited on 25 acres (10 ha) of land with 75+ academic staff and 750 girls (of whom 40 girls are boarders) enrolled.[2]

Chisipite Senior School was ranked 67th out of the top 100 best high schools in Africa by Africa Almanac in 2003, based upon quality of education, student engagement, strength and activities of alumnae, school profile, internet and news visibility.[3] Chisipite Senior was also ranked as one of the Top 10 High Schools in Zimbabwe in 2014.[4]

Chisipite Senior School is a member of the Association of Trust Schools (ATS) and the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia; and the Head is a member of the Conference of Heads of Independent Schools in Zimbabwe (CHISZ).[5]

  1. ^ a b "ATS CHISZ CHISIPITE SENIOR SCHOOL » » Schools Directory". ATS CHISZ. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  2. ^ "History - Chisipite Senior School". Chisipite Senior School. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  3. ^ "top20highschools". Africa Almanac. 1 October 2003. Archived from the original on 14 January 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2016. The research leading up to the publication of the 100 Best High Schools in Africa began with the launching of the website in December 2000.
  4. ^ DarrylYV8 (9 October 2014). "Top 10 High Schools in Zimbabwe". Youth Village Zimbabwe. Retrieved 5 January 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "ATS CHISZ Senior » » Schools Directory". ATS CHISZ. Retrieved 18 December 2015.