Mary Leakey Girls High School is an Extra-County Secondary Public Secondary School, located near Kikuyu Town, Kikuyu Constituency in Kiambu County; Central region in Kenya. Mary Leakey Girls High School is one of the top and best performing schools in Kenya. This article provides complete information about this school. Get to know the school’s physical location, directions, contacts, history, Form one selection criteria and analysis of its performance in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, exams. Get to see a beautiful collation of images from the school’s scenery; including structures, signage, students, teachers and many more.
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MARY LEAKEY GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL’S PHYSICAL LOCATION
Mary Leakey Girls High School is an Extra-County Secondary Public Secondary School, located near Kikuyu Town, Kikuyu Constituency in Kiambu County; Central region in Kenya.
MARY LEAKEY GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL’S INFO AT A GLANCE
- SCHOOL’S NAME: Mary Leakey Girls High School
- SCHOOL’S TYPE: Girls’ only boarding school
- SCHOOL’S CATEGORY: Extra County School
- SCHOOL’S LEVEL: Secondary
- SCHOOL’S LOCATION: located near Kikuyu Town, Kikuyu Constituency in Kiambu County; Central region in Kenya.
- SCHOOL’S KNEC CODE: 11241001
- SCHOOL’S OWNERSHIP STATUS: Public
- SCHOOL’S PHONE CONTACT: 0721-375711,020-2044633
- SCHOOL’S POSTAL ADDRESS: P.O. Box 23080 , Nairobi – 00600 Kikuyu, Kenya
- SCHOOL’S EMAIL ADDRESS: To be updated soon
- SCHOOL’S WEBSITE: https://www.maryleakeyhighschool.sc.ke/
MARY LEAKEY GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL’S BRIEF HISTORY
.In 1900, Rev. A.W. McGregor was sent by the Chuch Missionary Society (CMS)as a pioneer missionary to Kikuyu-Land, Rev Mc.Gregor was already involved in missionary work among the Taita in Taveta in early 1892.
Thus Rev. Mc Gregor arrived in Fort Smith in Kikuyu on October 13 1990.He started looking for suitable land for missionary work. He had been offered land at site of Fort Smith bu declined due to its reputation for atrocities against against the kikuyu. He therefore went further afield in search of a suitable site. He finally purchased a parcel of land at Kabete locally known as Mayombo (the rocky place) from Cege Kanyi of Muthemba family.
He took possesion of the site in 1901 and named it Kihuruko (a place of quiteness and rest). He started teaching the Word of God and literacy. By November 1901, he had five students. The local people nicknamed him “Kabora”. It was on this land that Mary Leakey Girls High School really started.In eary 1902, Rev. MC Gregor was joine d by Rev. Harry Leakey who continued with the work. Rev MC Gregor later moved to Weitahaga in Muranga a few montyhs after Rev. Harry Leakey arrived, He was joined by his wife Mary, thier two little girls and a companion Miss Oakes. The locals nicknamed Rev. Leakey “Giteru” because of his bush beard. They were teaching a mixed group of boys and girls. However school work among women and girls was slow at first. In 1904 Miss Alicia Higgnbothan, a missionary from Mombasa, joned the Leakeys. She assisted in teaching catechism and also taught women who came for treatment from her tent. She taught them sewing and basic reading. In 1905, the Leakeys went on leave to England. Under Miss Higgnbothan, the girls class was slowly taking shape.
The leakeys returned to Kabete in 1906 . Many boys had come to the school by then and the first two girl pupils were sister of aboy pupil and an orphan under his care. They lived with Leakeys and became the nucleus of the schools for they attracte dmore pupils.In 1909, Mrs. Mary Leakey opened a schoolfor girls which met on the veranda of her house.From that time, girls as boarders became a regular feature, for many came from up-country and others had run away from home for various reasons such as circumssion. Until 1921, Kabete was the only C.M.S. station with accomodation for boarders in Kikuyu County. The school however, never became regular due to intermittent illness of Mrs. Leakey.
In 1922, when Julia Leakey (her daughter) returned to Kabete after training in England as a teacher and a missionary in her own right, the school reopened on a regular basis.
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MARY LEAKEY GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL’S VISION
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MARY LEAKEY GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL’S MISSION
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MARY LEAKEY GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL’S MOTTO
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MARY LEAKEY GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL’S CONTACTS
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- Postal Address: P.O. Box 23080 , Nairobi – 00600 Kikuyu, Kenya
- Email Contact: To be updated soon
- Phone Contact: 0721-375711,020-2044633
MARY LEAKEY GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL’S FORM ONE SELECTION CRITERIA & ADMISSIONS
Being a public school, form one admissions are done by the Ministry of Education. Vacancies are available on competitive basis. Those seeking admissions can though directly contact the school or pay a visit for further guidelines.
MARY LEAKEY GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL’S KCSE PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS
The school has maintained a good run in performance at the Kenya National Examinations Council, KNEC, exams. In the 2019 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, exams the school featured in the list of top 200 schools nationally. This is after recording a mean score of 7.1 (C+ plus).
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