St Mary's School, Waverley

St Mary's School
Location
Waverley, Johannesburg, South Africa, Gauteng South Africa
Information
Type	Private, Boarding
Motto	Candida Rectaque
Established	1888
Locale	Suburban
Headmistress	Ms Deanne King
Exam board	IEB
Grades	000 - 12
Number of students	1057 girls
School color(s)	red and white
Fees 2013	R 74 600 p.a. (boarding termly) R 92 450 p.a. (tuition Form V)
Website	www.stmaryschool.co.za

St Mary's School is a South African Anglican private boarding school for girls located in Waverley, Johannesburg.

Established in 1888, it is the oldest school in Johannesburg. It was founded by the Anglican clergyman the Rev. John T. Darragh, who also founded its brother school St. John's College, Johannesburg in Houghton ten years later in 1898.

St Mary's School writes the Independent Examinations Board exams.

Alumnae and Old Girls

See also: Category:Alumni of St Mary's School, Waverley

• Cindy Brown
• Lisa-Marie Deetlefs
• Natalie Grainger (squash)
• Claire Nitch (squash)
• Lize-Mari Retief (swimming)
• Ashley Callie
• Prue Leith
• Lerato Mbele
• Carolyn Slaughter
• Helen Zille

Houses

St Mary's consists of four houses each with a different colour who compete in numerous inter-house events such as hockey, tennis, swimming, athletics, swimming, squash, music, debating, theatre, etc.

Junior school houses

• Hares (Yellow)
• Zebras (Red)
• Springboks (Green)
• Lions (Blue)

Pupils in grade 0 are placed in houses in the first term and stay throughout until grade 7

High school houses

• Clayton (Yellow)
• Furse (Red)
• Karney (Green)
• Phelps (Blue)

The house system was introduced in 1934 and students wear their house badges on their blazers with pride. The houses are named after bishops of Johannesburg; Geoffrey Clayton 1934-1949 and Arthur Karney 1922-1933; bishop of Pretoria, Michael Furse 1909–1920 and archbishop of Cape Town, Francis Phelps 1931–1938.

See also

• List of boarding schools