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Herschel Girls' School
School in Western Cape, South Africa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Herschel Girls School is a private, weekly boarding and day school for girls, located in Claremont, a southern suburb of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. The school has pre-nursery through to grade 12 and is affiliated with the Anglican church, which owns the school buildings.[1][2]
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The school, described as "one of the country's best-known schools for girls",[3] is one of the top performing schools in South Africa, achieving the highest academic results in the country for National Senior Certificate exams in 2019.[4] The purpose of Herschel Girls School is and always has been to provide an empowering education for girls and to be a leader in girls’ education and advocacy for women in South Africa.[5][6] Herschel Girls School is one of the most expensive schools in South Africa.[7] There are waiting lists for every grade, including pre-nursery.[8]
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Notable alumnae
- Alide Dasnois, journalist and newspaper editor
- Margaret Elsworth, founder of the African Scholars' Fund and the African Scholars' Fund UK
- Sue MacGregor, BBC Radio 4 broadcaster
- Diana E. H. Russell, feminist scholar and activist[9]
- Pauline Vogelpoel, arts administrator
- Zoe Beyers, BBC Philharmonic concertmaster[10]
- Kayla de Waal, South African field hockey player
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