Penryn College (South Africa)

Penryn College is a co-educational, English-medium private school situated in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, South Africa. It is also a global member of Round Square. Penryn College was officially founded in 1991 in an Anglican church in Plaston, Mpumalanga. Since then, the college has changed its venue to a large space on the Boschrand Farm.

Name

Penryn College is named after Penryn in Cornwall. The name Penryn means "Top of the Hill" in the Cornish language. Ironically, Penryn College is actually situated on top of a hill. This is often used as a metaphor by Penryn when it refers to itself as the 'light on top of the hill.' A reference to it seeing itself as being a light of hope on the hill.

Demographics

Though Penryn is an English-medium institution, its scholars come from a diverse collection of ethnic, linguistic and racial groups.

The majority of Penryn's scholars are generally Afrikaans, siSwati, Tsonga or English speakers from Nelspruit, however there is a growing Portuguese-speaking demographic among scholars coming from Mozambique.

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Schools in Mpumalanga

High Schools	A D Nkosi Secondary School Allendale High School Barberton High School Emjindini High School Hoërskool Bergvlam Hoërskool Delmas Hoërskool Nelspruit Hoërskool Oosterland Leolo High School Lowveld High School Penryn College Uplands College

Primary Schools	Barberton Primary School

Coordinates: 25°24′31″S 30°58′32″E / 25.40849°S 30.97560°E / -25.40849; 30.97560

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Penryn College (South Africa)

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