Peponi School
Peponi School is an international secondary school in Ruiru, Kenya. It has a reputation for being academically excellent and is known to be one of the best schools offering the British Curriculum in the entire East African region. Over the years, the results of Peponi School in academics, sports and every other field have led their students to gain admission into some of the best universities in the world including Stanford University and the University of California Berkeley, both ranked within the top universities globally.
| Location | Sukari Ranch, Ruiru, Kiambu County, Kenya |
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| Sukari Ranch | |
The school offers a boarding section as well as a day pupils section. Their focus lies in providing a wholesome education to students, from being involved in academics to sport to music and all other extra-curricular activities that they are interested in pursuing.
History and operations
The school was established in 1989 on a 63-acre piece of land. The school is set at around 5,600 ft (1,707 m) above sea level in a countryside ranch. The campus is within a kilometer of the main Nairobi–Thika Highway, near Ruiru town, Central Province, within easy reach of the amenities of Nairobi city.
Academics
The school has an international intake of pupils and is a center for internationally recognized school-leaving examinations at 16 (International General Certificate of Secondary Education), 17 (Advanced Subsidiary) and 18 (Advanced Level) Years. As of 2017, the school is also a center for the US-based CollegeBoard examinations, including the SAT.
Throughout the years the school has performed well academically, producing top students in Kenya, Africa and the World. The mixed system for British examinations, administering a variety of Edexcel International Examinations as well as the Cambridge International Examination is something unique to Peponi School.
After Peponi
Peponi School has been sending students to renowned universities all over the world since its establishment. These include the following prestigious, highly ranked universities and many more:
- Stanford University
- University of California Berkeley
- Yale University
- University of California Los Angeles
- Williams College
- London School of Economics
- University College London
- Imperial College London
- Kings College London
- Durham University
- University of Edinburgh
- University of Manchester
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- University of Bristol
- University of Warwick
- University of St Andrews
- McGill University
- University of Toronto
- University of British Columbia
Mission statement
The aim at Peponi School is to develop the whole pupil within a caring community. To impart to them the values and skills that will enable them:
- To develop the whole pupil within a caring yet demanding community.
- To impart to them by means of the challenges provided by the community, those values and skills that will enable them:
- To develop a sense of self confidence, self-reliance and service;
- To think independently, enabling them to choose the right and the good while discarding the bad elements they encounter in life;
- To enjoy the challenges and demands of learning not just academically, but also in the athletic, pastoral and social fields;
- To be aware of the holistic nature of their education, its requirements of the individual to interact with the community and its expectations of excellence;
- To appreciate the value of difference while strengthening an awareness of their own distinctiveness;
- To provide the milieu where an awareness of the value of the spiritual and creative element of life may grow and strengthen.
Peponi School is an international, multi-faith and multi-racial school where the pupils are taught tolerance and respect for those they may consider ‘different’ to themselves, so that they may succeed in the integrated community at Peponi and in the world at large.