Pupils in front of Simon’s Town School c1815
School Blue Plaques
The Criteria/ Categories For School Blue Plaques
- The age of the school (has to be over 125 years old to qualify);
- An architecturally significant building (e.g. well-known architect; building style; etc);
- The school’s outstanding contribution to society (e.g. oldest township school; first ‘coloured’ high school; first Afrikaans school in Cape Town; oldest independent school; etc);
- The school’s survival under difficult circumstances (e.g. the South African War; Forced Removals; role in the Struggle for Democracy; natural disasters; etc);
- Past learners or educators who have distinguished themselves (must no longer be living), and
- Schools that have been closed and are lost, but nevertheless played a significant role in education.
Rondebosch Boys’ Preparatory School Main Building
Every application is considered on merit by a panel of adjudicators representing the Foundation and the Centre for Conservation. Schools must meet at least one of 6 criteria.
West End Primary School
St Paul’s Primary School
St George’s Grammar School
Star of the Sea Convent School
Simon’s Town School
Athlone High School
Alexander Sinton High School
Rondebosch Boys’ Preparatory School
Muhammadeyah Primary School
Langa Secondary School
Jan Kriel Skool
Good Hope Seminary
Dryden Street Primary School
Deutsche Internationale Schule Kapstadt
Centre for Conservation Education
Camps Bay Preparatory School
Bonteheuwel High School
Beau Soleil Music Centre
Rondebosch Boys’ High School
Wynberg Girls’ High School
Wynberg Boys’ High School
Rustenberg Girls Junior High School
Somerset West PS
La Rochelle
De la Bat School for Deaf
Die Bron PS
Paarl GHS
Paarl BHS
Somerset West Methodist PS
Durbanville HS
Franschhoek HS
Nederburg PS
Carel du Toit Centre
Livingstone HS
St Joseph’s Special Sch
York Road PS
Elim PS
Seven Steps
HS Hopefield
HS Hopefield
LS Durbanville
HS Porterville
Mountain Rd
SACS JS
Modderdam High
LS Swellendam
