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Diocesan College, or Bishops as it is commonly known, is a private school situated in the leafy suburb of Rondebosch in Cape Town, South Africa, at the foot of Table Mountain. The sprawling school grounds and unique architectural style make it one of the country's most beautiful places of study. As one of the oldest schools in Africa, Bishops has established a prestigious reputation that extends from some of the most famous sporting traditions in South Africa to producing matriculants with top marks in their final exams. A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. ...
City motto: Spes Bona (Latin: Good Hope) Province Western Cape Mayor Nomaindia Mfeketo Area - % water 1,644 km² 0. ...
For other uses, see Table Mountain (disambiguation). ...
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The Bishops Logo is worn as a badge by prefects, while only the mitre is worn by normal students. | | Motto: | Pro Fide Et Patria
"For Faith and Fatherland" | | Founded: | 1849 | | Enrolment: | 650 - 750 | | Headmaster: | Grant Nupen | | Location: | Cape Town, South Africa | | Boarding Houses: | Founders, School, White | | Dayboy Houses: | Gray, Ogilvie, Kidd, Birt, Mallett | | School Colours: | Navy Blue, Light Blue | | Fees: | Approximately R 47 000 per annum | | Website: | www.bishops.org.za | Image File history File links The Bishops Logo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
City motto: Spes Bona (Latin: Good Hope) Province Western Cape Mayor Nomaindia Mfeketo Area - % water 1,644 km² 0. ...
History
The Diocesan Collegiate School was founded by Bishop Gray, the first Anglican bishop of Cape Town in 1849 at his house, Bishopscourt in Cape Town. He founded two schools there – one for black people and one for settlers’ sons. Living with schools was hard for the bishop and he then established the schools elsewhere. The black people moved to grand accommodation near the city, where Zonnebloem College now is. This left the bishop short of money and so he bought an unproductive farm in Rondebosch, and there the settlers’ sons ran wild. 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
The school did not prosper till Canon George Ogilvie arrived from prosperous St George’s Grammar School, attached to St George’s Cathedral in the city. The canon brought some boys with him and the bishop’s school flourished. It became the Diocesan College, but that too was a mouthful and its was generally refereed to as the bishop’s school – hence its nickname. Bishops is far more widely known by that name.
The school was originally mainly a boarding school but since the 1970s it has had more day scholars than boarders. For some years it ran university classes, but in 1910 those classes went off to the South African College. The South African College Schools, commonly referred to as SACS, is a prominent primary and secondary education istitution located in Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa. ...
The school had only three principals between 1919 and 1982 – Harold Birt, Hubert Kidd, the first layman to be principal, and Anthony Mallett. Since then it has had three more.
Now the school runs in three sections – a pre-primary school, a preparatory school and the college. Recently a post-matric year has been added to offer the University of Cambridge A-Level exams. The University of Cambridge, located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world. ...
Academics Leavers write the Western Cape Department of Education examinations; a differentiation from other comparable private schools whose pupils write the Independent Examinations Board exams. The Western Cape is a province in the south west of South Africa. ...
The Independent Examinations Board or IEB is responsible for the exams that most private high schools in South Africa write. ...
It is one of four schools in South Africa to offer a Rhodes scholarship to an ex-pupil. Rhodes House in Oxford The Rhodes Scholarships were created by Cecil Rhodes and have been awarded to applicants annually since 1902 by the Oxford-based Rhodes Trust on the basis of academic qualities, as well as those of character. ...
Sport Sport is an integral part of any Bishops student's life, and is compulsory as team sports are used to build camaraderie. Boys can choose between cricket and tennis in the summer, and hockey and rugby in the winter. Additional sports can also be chosen instead of these, which include swimming, athletics, rowing, and others such as surfing and golf.
Over 20 sports matches are played on a weekly basis against schools in and around Cape Town. Many friendly rivalries have emerged, most notably against the nearby South African College School (SACS), and Rondebosch Boys' High School. The first rugby, field hockey and cricket teams are the pride of the school, and when matches are played, the vast majority of the school turns out to watch. City motto: Spes Bona (Latin: Good Hope) Province Western Cape Mayor Nomaindia Mfeketo Area - % water 1,644 km² 0. ...
The South African College Schools, commonly referred to as SACS, is a prominent primary and secondary education istitution located in Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa. ...
Rondebosch Boys High School and Rondebosch Boys Preparatory School make up a prestigious government school situated in the suburb of Rondebosch in Cape Town, South Africa. ...
Argentina-France Rugby Union match Rugby football refers to sports descended from a common form of football developed at Rugby School. ...
A game of field hockey in progress Field hockey is a popular sport for men and women in many countries around the world. ...
For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ...
Started in 1892, the annual Bishops versus SACS rugby match is considered the oldest in Africa, if not in the world of school rugby, although the keenest rivalry is often considered to be against Rondebosch Boys' High School. 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Rondebosch Boys High School and Rondebosch Boys Preparatory School make up a prestigious government school situated in the suburb of Rondebosch in Cape Town, South Africa. ...
Religion Being an Anglican Christian school the school is centred around the Christian values with Chapel services held three times a week. Twice a term, compulsory evensong takes place. The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ...
As a noun, Christian is an appellation and moniker deriving from the appellation Christ, which many people associate exclusively with Jesus of Nazareth. ...
A chapel is a private church, usually small and often attached to a larger institution such as a college, a hospital, a palace, or a prison. ...
Evensong is a liturgy from the Anglican Book of Common Prayer used in the evening, especially when the service is rendered chorally. ...
Culture As a school which promotes the arts and culture the school holds events of this nature – the most important of which is the Bishops Eisteddfod whereby the eight houses compete against each other around June each year for the Eisteddfod Owls (a prize for winning a specific category, e.g. Speech). Bishops also hosts the Pops every three years in the Cape Town City Hall. It also has an active debating society, which has often won the Western Cape Provincial Debating tournament and has a history of producing South African debaters. City motto: Spes Bona (Latin: Good Hope) Province Western Cape Mayor Nomaindia Mfeketo Area - % water 1,644 km² 0. ...
Miscellaneous The school aims to, according to the school slogan, Inspire Individuals, by providing up-to-date computer equipment, music and drama departments and a wide variety of subjects. Bishops participates in many outreach programs such as the LEAP program. These programs get the students involved in teaching other students from surrounding underprivileged schools skills such as computer-literacy and chess.
The school is a member of the Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa and the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. The Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa or ISASA is the largest association of indepedent schools in Southern Africa. ...
The Headmasters and Headmistresses Conference (HMC) is an association of the head teachers of 242 leading day and boarding independent boys and coeducational schools in the United Kingdom, Crown dependencies and the Republic of Ireland. ...
Old Diocesans Old Diocesans (OD) union is one of the most active in the country. Membership spans the globe. Here is the homepage:[1]. Details of reunions and how to receive the school magazine, are available.
Popular Alumni Herschelle Gibbs (born 23 February 1974) is a South African cricketer, more specifically a batsman. ...
Mark Shuttleworth arrived at the ISS on April 27, 2002. ...
External links - Bishops Website
- OD (Old Diocesan) Union website
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