Thank you for the interest that you have shown in Penryn College and we hope that you enjoy looking through our website and find all that you need to know about us.

Penryn is situated in a stunning bushveld setting on the Boschrand Hills overlooking Nelspruit and the Crocodile River Valley. The College started as a twinning project with St Stithians College in Randburg with a view to establishing an institution in the Lowveld that would provide quality, holistic education in a Christian setting, and would partner schools in rural communities surrounding Nelspruit. Accordingly from a start in 1991 with 7 scholars in Gr 1, the College has grown to 1 000 co-educational scholars in 2008, and a community initiative called Penreach now partners over 2 000 teachers from partner schools each year in a rich and meaningful programme that continues to upgrade education in surrounding communities.

Above all Penryn is about partnerships, between families and scholars and the College, between the College and partner schools and between the broader corporate community of South Africa and partner schools.

We believe that this enables the College to achieve excellent academics, wonderful (and improving) sports facilities and results, effective and inclusive cultural activities, meaningful community service, wide ranging and challenging exposure to outdoor activities and camps, a common set of values and behaviours with a courtesy code and exposure to the world and its cultures. All of this is enveloped in Christian principle (formalised through a link with the Methodist Church of South Africa from which we second a chaplain) and practice through service, worship and education. We believe that this programme provides the opportunities for Penryn scholars to be excellent at something and good at many other things, thereby developing self esteem and effectivity

The College is owned by the Penryn Trust, governed by the Penryn Council and managed by the heads of the respective phases and Penreach.

Each of these aspects of the College is further described and explained in the links below. Furthermore, a broad overview may be gained from the quicklinks that run down the side of this front page to the left.

We look forward to your contacting us should this not be the case.

Greg Theron
Executive Head