Nairobi School

Nairobi School
Location
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Kenya
Information
TypeNational, Public
MottoTo The Uttermost
Established1902
Sister schoolThe Kenya High School
PrincipalMr. Caspar Momanyi Maina
Number of students2000
CampusWestlands, Nairobi
Color(s)Blue, yellow, grey and white     
Websitehttps://nairobischool.ac.ke

The Nairobi School is a secondary school in Nairobi, Kenya. It follows the national curriculum, is one of Kenya's 112 national schools and also one of the 18 prestigious Cluster III secondary schools.[1]

It was founded in 1902 by the British settlers who had made Nairobi their home after the construction of the Uganda Railway. In 1925, Lord Delamere and Sir Edward Grigg, then Governor of Kenya, separated the European Nairobi School into a senior boys' school (Prince of Wales School), a senior girls' school (The Kenya High School) and a junior school (Nairobi Primary School).

In 1931, a new school was built on the 1-square-kilometre (250-acre) site at Kabete, the main school buildings being designed by Herbert Baker. The school was then named the Prince of Wales School but in 1965, following Kenya's independence, it was renamed Nairobi School. The school is popularly referred to as 'Patch'.

Prince of Wales School near Nairobi c1932
Nairobi Primary School, date unknown
  1. ^ "List of All National Schools In Kenya According To Clusters 2022". 18 April 2022.

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