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Bishopslea Preparatory School

Bishopslea Preparatory School for Girls (or Bishopslea) is an all-female independent, preparatory, boarding and day school in Harare, Zimbabwe. The school was founded in 1932 as Bishop's Lea, St Mary's Diocesan Preparatory School by the Rt. Rev. Edward Paget at the grounds of the Anglican Cathedral in Harare.

Bishopslea Preparatory School is a member of the Association of Trust Schools (ATS) and the Head is a member of the Conference of Heads of Independent Schools in Zimbabwe (CHISZ).

Sport

The following sporting disciplines are offered at Bishopslea: athletics, hockey, netball, swimming and tennis.

Houses

Bishopslea has a house system consisting of four houses which are Beaven, Gaul, Knight-Bruce, Paget. The houses and the house colour are

  • Knight-Bruce—Yellow
  • Gaul—Green
  • Beaven—Red
  • Paget—Purple

The houses are named after Bishops Frederic Beaven, William Gaul, George Knight-Bruce and Edward Paget.

Notable alumnae

See also

References

  1. ^ "ATS CHISZ BISHOPSLEA PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS » » Schools Directory". ATS CHISZ. ATS CHISZ. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  2. ^ "History of Bishopslea". Bishopslea Preparatory School for Girls. Bishopslea Preparatory School for Girls. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  3. ^ "ATS CHISZ Primary » » Schools Directory". ATS CHISZ. ATS CHISZ. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Athletics". Bishopslea Preparatory School. Bishopslea Preparatory School. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Hockey". Bishopslea Preparatory School. Bishopslea Preparatory School. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Netball". Bishopslea Preparatory School. Bishopslea Preparatory School. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Swimming". Bishopslea Preparatory School. Bishopslea Preparatory School. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  8. ^ "Tennis". Bishopslea Preparatory School. Bishopslea Preparatory School. Retrieved 5 June 2016.