Cordwalles Preparatory School for Boys is a private Anglican Independent Boys’ Preparatory School located in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. The school caters to day boys and boarders, providing a balanced and relevant education in a nurturing environment.
The ethos of Cordwalles is about creating a positive, supportive, and challenging environment that encourages students to excel holistically, develop strong character, and become responsible and confident individuals.
Innovative Learning Environment: This emphasizes the school’s dedication to staying ahead in educational practices, ensuring that students are engaged and learning in ways that best suit their needs.
Nurturing: It reflects the supportive and caring atmosphere at Cordwalles, where each student is valued and encouraged to grow.
Fostering Personal Excellence: This shows the school’s commitment to helping each student reach their full potential, not just academically but in all aspects of their life.
Character: Highlighting the importance placed on moral and personal development, ensuring students leave Cordwalles as well-rounded individuals.
Opportunity: This underscores the school’s role in opening doors for its students, providing them with the tools and experiences they need to seize opportunities in the future.
Sport: There is a comprehensive sports program with world-class facilities.
The school emphasizes not just the physical aspect of sports but also the development of character traits such as grit, determination, perseverance, sportsmanship, and hard work. There is a team for every individual, catering to boys who are competitive in sports and those who play for enjoyment or the experience of being part of a team. All teams engage in regular fixtures.
Cordwalles regularly produces boys who make regional and provincial teams across all the sporting disciplines offered at the school.
Sporting Facilities
Cordwalles is home to world-class sporting facilities:
- Four fields used year-round for various sporting activities
- Two multipurpose AstroTurf fields
- An undercover multi-purpose Sports Centre
- Four tennis courts
- A heated 25-meter swimming pool
- A cross country course which takes the boys through the picturesque forest at the school
After school hours, the sports facilities are a hub of activity with boys attending extra lessons and clinics, or just having fun!
Boarding Facilities:
Our comfortable and nurturing boarding establishment is home to approximately 80 boarders from all over South Africa and Africa.
Phone: 033 816 3000
Address: 101 Howick Road, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 3201
For more detailed information, you can visit the school’s website: www.cordwalles.co.za
