Founded in 1921, Kearsney College is one of the country’s leading independent traditional boys’ schools, renowned for its balance and all-round excellence. Kearsney’s beautiful 125-acre estate is located in Botha’s Hill, on the edge of the Valley of a Thousand Hills, midway between Durban and Pietermaritzburg and a thirty-minute drive from either city.
Sport
Kearsney has a proud track record of sporting excellence, consistently producing provincial and national sportsmen across the codes. In 2024, Kearsney produced 10 SA Schools and 89 KZN representatives in various sporting codes.
Kearsney pupils enjoy world-class facilities, including an indoor SportZone, that houses seven indoor cricket nets with four bowling machines, two basketball courts, an indoor hockey/soccer pitch, two swimming pools and a world-class 672m2 weights gymnasium.
Boys on the High-Performance Sports Programme have access to the expertise of a biokineticist, sports scientist, dietician, physiotherapist and medical doctors, and personalised training programmes are developed to help each boy perform at his peak.
In addition to the SportZone, Kearsney’s spacious campus boasts seven sports fields, a floodlit, water-based hockey Astroturf, six tennis courts, six basketball courts, four squash courts and a mountain bike track through our conservancy. Kearsney believes that sports are an important part of a healthy lifestyle and a balanced education and there are fourteen sporting codes for the boys to enjoy.
Academics
Kearsney is renowned for its academics. The College has an outstanding record of academic achievement in the IEB Matriculation Examinations and enjoys a proud reputation for consistent academic excellence. Kearsney has invested heavily in establishing Maths and Science as centres of excellence, and consistently achieves outstanding results in these key subjects.
Arts and Culture
The world-famous Kearsney College Choir have been crowned World Champions on four occasions. Since 2000 Kearsney has won fifteen gold medals and seven silver medals at the World Choir Games, the largest choir competition in the world. The Choir performs on the world’s great stages and has twice been selected to represent Africa at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva and New York. In 2023 the Kearsney College Choir was ranked 26th out of the Top 1,000 choirs in the world by Interkultur, the world’s leading organiser of international choir competitions. In keeping with the College’s commitment to a balanced education, an extensive club and cultural programme is offered at Kearsney, with up to thirty-six clubs available to the boys. This level of cultural achievement and celebration of the arts, and the artists, is a very unique and special aspect of Kearsney College.
Flexible Boarding
Kearsney offers our 650 boys flexible weekly or termly boarding, and day scholar options. Approximately 75% of our boys are boarders. Transport is provided on Monday mornings for boarders from Richards Bay, Umtunzini, Ballito, Umhlanga, Hilton and Pietermaritzburg. A return bus for day scholars leaves daily from Berea, with pick-up points from Westville to Botha’s Hill. Boarders are transported to and from King Shaka International Airport for holidays and half terms.
Contact details:
Tel: +27 (031) 765 9600
Address:25 Old Main Road, Botha’s Hill, KwaZulu-Natal
Email: [email protected]
