Our junior and senior debaters have been achieving some fantastic results and have made it into the semi-finals of the debating league. A special congratulations to Kathleen Munro (senior), Courteney Raeburn (senior) and Christy Govender (junior) who have been selected to represent Pietermaritzburg at the KZN Provincial Debating Tournament in July. We are also proud… Read more
Celebrating World Read Aloud Day
On 2 February, Epworth joined the rest of the world in celebrating World Read Aloud Day which encourages young and old to grab a book, find an audience and read aloud. Members of the High School library crew (library monitors) visited the Prep School library to read to the Grade 1 pupils. It was a… Read more
Congratulations to the class of 2021
We are super proud of the Epworth class of 2021 on their awesome IEB exam results. Once again, Epworth pupils achieved 100% pass rate. Other impressive highlights include: • 83,4% of all papers written at Epworth were graded at 60% or above • 50 pupils achieved a least one distinction; 148 distinctions in total •… Read more
Epworth pupil first in national Olympiad
Grade 12 Epworth pupil, Faye Crawford, placed first in this year’s prestigious De Beers national English Olympiad, which was written by almost 4000 pupils, representing 240 schools, from across South Africa. Faye’s prize was R33 000, a year’s tuition fees at Rhodes University, as well as free access to the Grahamstown Online Festival. She achieved… Read more
IEB examination results: class of 2020
A hearty congratulations to every single pupil in the Epworth class of 2020 on their amazing IEB examination results. Their Grade 12 year was full of unprecedented challenges, yet they came out on top and did themselves, and the school, proud. In addition, they gained many skills and achieved a level of resilience not measurable… Read more
Epworth debaters shine at national championships
At the end of 2020, Faye Crawford, Kathleen Munro and Sibongakonke Malinga were selected for the KZN debating squad. In the holidays, Faye and Kathleen participated in the 2020 South African National Schools’ Debating Championships, held online in December. In the junior division, Kathleen was ranked fifth in KZN and in the senior division, Faye… Read more
New leadership for Epworth
The Epworth Board of Governors has named a collective leadership team, which will be known as the School Executive, to replace the current Head of School, Laura Bekker, who retires at the end of the year. Tracey Munro, current Deputy Head (Academics) in the High School has been appointed Principal of the High School. Tracey,… Read more