Queen's College Boys' High School


Queen's College, or simply 'QC', is a fee-paying public school for boys situated in the town of Komani. Established in 1858 first as Prospect House Academy, it is the oldest school in the Border region and among the 100 oldest schools in South Africa. The college has a junior side, Queen's College Boys' Primary School, which was established on 15 November 1957 – a year before it celebrated its 100th birthday.

History

Queen's College started as Prospect House Academy when Mr C.E Ham first opened the doors to his school on 21 April 1858 at 6 Shepstone Street in Queenstown. The school was situated in an outbuilding on the property and consisted of a single room with a mud floor and holes in the wall for ventilation. The enrollment had reached 30 boys by 1859 and was also known as the Queenstown District School. It was in receipt of a government grant of £50, backdated to initial opening of the school. From inception the school offered boarding facilities, in the home of Mr Ham, conveniently situated directly across the road from the schoolhouse.
In 1864, a dispute regarding financial support for the school by the district council, led to the abrupt closure of the school by Mr Ham and he ceased teaching in order to open a general store in the town. Boys returning from their holiday in July 1864 discovered that their school house had been let to another tenant and their schoolmaster had become a haberdasher. Public concern was such that a committee was formed, which decides that St Michael's Grammar School should assume the mantle of Prospect House Academy by accepting the status of a government-aided school. The resulting amalgamated school becomes the Public School for Boys and classes are held in a billiard hall.
It was only in 1910 that the school was renamed Queen's College.

Headmasters

The school has 2 hostels, Whitson House and Connaught House. Whitson enrolls students in Grades 8-9 and Connaught Grades 10-12. The hostels are referred to as Beswick, their house name.

Sports & Cultural Programmes

Sports

The most important sports fields are the Queen’s College Victoria Recreation Grounds & the Chris Harker Astro.

Sport

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