Gambia Senior Secondary School
The Gambia Senior Secondary School is a school in Box Bar Road, Banjul, Gambia, founded by Wesleyan missionaries. It has educated two leaders of Gambia.History
The school was founded in 1876 in Dobson Street, Banjul, by Wesleyan missionaries. In 1898 it re-opened as the Methodist Boys' High School and in 1915 the associated Girls High School was opened.
The girls' and boys' high schools were merged in 1959 to create the Gambia High School and the location moved to Box Bar Road. Philip Beale was the principal from 1961 to 1966. While there he jointly organised an archaeological expedition with pupils from the school to examine the Senegambian stone circles. In 1994, the name changed again to the Gambia Senior Secondary School.Notable alumni
Ebou Juwara, Lecturer in Construction Studies & Built Environment in UKPrincipals
1876 to 1958
- 1876–1878 Rev. J. Fieldhouse
- 1878–1879 Rev. J. Heslam
- 1879–1884 C.R. Cross
- 1885–1889 J. Gilbert
- 1889–2900 G.P. Wilhelm
- 1901–1904 Circuits Ministers
- 1904–1907 W. T. Cole
- 1907–1909 Rev. C. Leopold
- 1909–1911 A.N. Walker
- 1912–1913 F. Dean
- 1913–1920 Rev. L.L. Leopold
- 1921–1922 W.E. Hoare
- 1922–1928 Rev. F.F. Morton
- 1929–1931 H.E.E. Burne
- 1932–1952 J.J. Baker
- 1953–1958 R.P. Pye
- 1915–1917 Mrs. P.S Toye
- 1922–1927 Miss L.E Morton
- 1928–1929 Miss C.E. Mason
- 1929–1936 Miss. R.M. Little
- 1937–1938 Miss. A.I. Spencer
- 1939–1956 Miss. N. Spencer
- 1957–1958 Miss. V. Vodlcy
Gambia High School
- 1959–1961 J.S. Sergeants
- 1961–1966 P.E. Beale
- 1966–1974 E.F. Foss
- 1974–1976 J.J. Ndow
- 1976–1978 H.I. Jagne
- 1978–1980 R.D. Somers
- 1980–1986 H.I. Jagne
- 1986–1989 Mrs. D.E.S. Carrol
- 1989–1994 Mrs. Satang Jaw
- 1994–2005 Rev. W.E.E. Carr
- 2005 - date Lamin M.B. Jaiteh
