Queen's College Boys' High School
| Queen's College Boys' High School | |
|---|---|
Queen's College school crest | |
| Address | |
16 Berry Street, Top Town , | |
| Coordinates | 31°53′23″S 26°52′35″E / 31.8898°S 26.8765°E |
| Information | |
| Former names | Prospect House Academy, Public School for Boys, Queenstown Grammar School |
| School type | All-boys School |
| Motto | Esse Quam Videri (To be, rather than to seem to be) |
| Established | 21 April 1858 |
| Founder | Mr. C.E. Ham |
| Status | Government subsidised, fee paying public school |
| Sister school | Queenstown Girls' High School |
| School district | Chris Hani West District |
| Oversight | School Governing Body |
| Chairman | Allister Van Schoor |
| Headmaster | Janse van der Ryst (1 January 2018 - present) |
| Staff | 50 full-time |
| Grades | 8–12 |
| Gender | Male |
| Number of students | 600 boys |
| Language | English (main) Xhosa (Additional language) Afrikaans (Additional language) Sesotho(Addition language) |
| Schedule | Monday - Friday 07:30 - 13:30 |
| Campus | Urban Campus |
| Houses | Beswick [Boarders] Mallet [Day Boys] |
| Colour(s) | Black Old Gold White |
| Song | The College Song & Queen's Forever |
| Fight song | Ingonyama (War Cry) |
| Sports | Athletics Basketball Cricket Cross country Football Hockey Rugby Squash Tennis Golf Swimming |
| Mascot | Kudu |
| Nickname | QC, Queen's |
| Rivals | |
| Accreditation | Eastern Cape Department of Education |
| Newspaper | Queen's Quote |
| Yearbook | The Queen's Quire |
| Affiliations | International Boys' School Coalition, Queenstown Education Foundation, Four Schools One Family |
| Website | www |
Queen's College Boys' High School, more commonly referred to as Queen's College (or simply QC), is a fee-paying government English medium high school for boys situated in the town of Komani in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. 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 is associated with Queen's College Boys' Primary School, which was established on 15 November 1957, a year before the high school marked 100 years of existence.