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The varied beaches of the Eastern Cape nearby offer a wealth of interesting tidal pools, lagoons, towering dunes and manageable waves and the Junior Preppies had […]

St Andrew’s Junior Prep held it’s own Science Day, where classrooms transformed into laboratories and children into scientists conducting various exciting experiments. The focus of the […]

While we celebrate the fun of galas and the end of our Summer Sports programme, our Pre-Primary children certainly couldn’t be left out! Last week, the […]

The Prep pool was buzzing on Friday with the Junior Prep Fun Gala and, later, the Senior Prep Inter-house Gala. With very few schools around the […]

Two brothers at St Andrew’s Preparatory School in Grahamstown/Makhanda have bagged the two most coveted trophies in swimming by winning both the Senior and Junior Victor […]

The weather was cool on Sunday 21 February as the St Andrew’s Prep swimmers competed in the annual River Mile swim held on Bushman’s River. Under […]

Grade 7 is an important year. It’s the first time the Preppies get to be the `seniors’ of the Senior Preppies. As with all challenges, preparation […]

Interested East London families are warmly invited to relax on the sofa and join us for an informal chat around what our family of schools has […]

The Covid Cupids were out at Prep today, handing out early heart-felt “Happy Valentine’s Day” wishes and chocolates to pleasantly surprised Prep staff. When our cupids […]

The first day of Big School is a momentous occasion for our Pre-Primary children and their families. In spite of their first day being somewhat different […]

St Andrew’s Prep is officially 136 years old! Founded in 1885, Prep first opened it’s doors to 25 pupils. Over the century and some, it has […]

In spite of everything, Prep managed to host our most valued event in the calendar for our Grade 7s: Feast. Having bid farewell to the Grade […]

Our Junior Preppies set out on various adventures last week, exploring Kenton-on-Sea, Kasouga and Bushman Sands. The children discovered small creatures in tidal pools, built sand […]

As the Grade Rs were unable to go on an Outdoor Ed trip – Outdoor Ed came to them! On Friday last week, the class came with […]

This past Sunday, the Headmaster of St Andrew’s College, SAC Head Boy, Malibongwe Mkosi, the Prep Head Boy, Matthew Ladds and Prep Headmaster Brendan Brady represented […]

In the last position of leadership for our Grade 7 Preppies, the following boys were recently selected as our Term 3 House Captains: Tigers House Captain: […]

The scale of influence we have on those around us cannot always be measured, but where there are causes worth fighting for, the good influence is […]

Covid-19 has been hard on the 2020 Matrics. With much of their anticipated celebrations being cancelled or postponed, and with restrictions dragging on, the possibility of […]

The Senior Prep boys have given us a glimpse of what we have been missing in our sporting calendar this year. Last week, the boys turned […]

Our Junior Preppies (and a few of the Pre-Primary children) took a different route this year to our Table Farm Trekkers. They enjoyed a Spring Walk, […]

St Andrew’s Prep and College are delighted to welcome Rev Richard Wyngaard, his wife Christine and triplet sons: Joshua, Jesse and Jamie to the Andrean community. […]

Last Friday, Grade 7 pupil Ethan Bradfield participated in the Belmont Valley Golf Championships in the C-Division against adult players. Ethan finished up as the Runner-Up […]

In spite of the unique challenges faced this entire year, our Preppies continue to show themselves able to step up. We are so very proud of […]

The following piece was sent in recently by Old Preppie Tony Macrae, who now lives in Dubai: Challenging times globally! We live in a VUCA world, […]

Mandela Day at Prep this year was celebrated on Friday with some sweetness and warmth being added to the food parcels delivered to the 110 families […]

We received a most wonderful email from past parent, Chris Megone who is Professor of Inter-Disciplinary Applied Ethics, Ancient Philosophy, Medical, Business and Professional Ethics, Moral […]

Due to the generosity of our wonderful school community, a total of R209 400 has been donated, resulting in 1242 food parcels and 1980 litres of […]

After a rigorous application process, interviews, presentations and voting, St Andrew’s Prep is proud to announce our 2020 Headboy Matthew Ladds and our Deputy Headboy is […]

Each June 16 is remembered for its pivotal historical relevance in our lives today. The 1976 student uprising in resistance to the apartheid system of education […]