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Founded in 1922, and situated in Benoni on the East Rand, Benoni High School has become synonymous with outstanding education and achievement. The school caters for approximately 1800 learners of varied backgrounds from Grade 8 to Grade 12.
The school strives for academic, cultural and sporting excellence and its results in these fields have been consistently among the top schools in Gauteng and also the country. The matrics of 2007 achieved a 100% pass rate yet again and Benoni High was recognized as being in the top ten schools in Gauteng and the top English medium school of the province. Our high academic standard was not limited to our learners. At the 2008 GDE awards evening the school received the award for being the Top Academic School in the Ekurhuleni North District and 19 of our teachers received Top Teacher Awards in their respective fields.
Furthermore, the Benoni High School Bands have been the SA Drumming Champions since 1990 and the SA Band Champions since 1992 as well as the Drum Corps World Champions (Grade 4A) in 2006. Our bands are only one element of the extensive cultural programme offered by the school. Our senior public speaking team won the Nedbank Trophy for 2007 and together with debating; art and drama constitute an integral part of school life. Benoni High School remains one of the few schools in Gauteng that has a thriving Visual Arts department.
The schools rugby is growing from strength to strength with the last year’s u/14 team winning the Kudu Super 12 trophy, the league and the Beeld trophy. The 1st team won the league and Kudu Super 12. The school is currently one of the strongest swimming schools participating in both the A and B Leagues and are also a force to be reckoned with in water polo.
The First Cricket Team toured Australia in 2006, Namibia in 2007 and currently participates in the Super League.
The BHS First soccer team has enjoyed tremendous success. Winning the invitation league last year. They won the BHS tournament and were runners up at the FNB grey collage tournament and were recently ranked as the fourth strongest school side in the country and the soccer and hockey plan to tour Australia later this year. A highlight on the sporting calendar is the annual Benoni High Soccer Tournament. Benoni High School is one of the strongest English High Schools in athletics on the East Rand.
Our vision of offering an outstanding education to all learners attending BHS is undoubtedly achievable and considering the ever-increasing demand for admission to our school it is clear that Benoni High School is indeed living up to its motto: “Quam Optime”, better than the best!
School Vision To educate our pupils in all spheres, academics, sport, art and culture so that they can go out into the world and make a meaningful contribution to society as well as lead fulfilling lives.
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