The Community of the Resurrection relinquished control of the school to the Diocese of Johannesburg in 1934.
In 1972, Jan Breitenbach became the first South African headmaster. Cadet corps ceases to exist. The first girl was accepted into Sixth Form. In 1973 the school became a three-term school.
View of the North Facade, designed by Sir Herbert Baker.
Academics
Rankings
St John's College was ranked 11th out of the top 100 best high schools in Africa by Africa Almanac in 2003, based upon quality of education, student engagement, strength and activities of alumni, school profile, internet and news visibility.
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Glenn Babb, former ambassador, politician and consul general of Turkey
Hugh Lewin, former member of African Resistance Movement, anti-apartheid campaigner, author and founder of the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism;
John Edmund Kerrich (1903–1985), former professor of Mathematical Statistics at Witwatersrand University, who performed a celebrated series of statistical experiments while interned in Nazi-occupied Denmark in the 1940s;
^"top20highschools". Africa Almanac. 1 October 2003. Archived from the original on 14 January 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2016. The research leading up to the publication of the 100 Best High Schools in Africa began with the launching of the website in December 2000.
^Who's Who of Southern Africa Media24 Digital 6 January 2008
