Bishopslea Preparatory School for Girls (or Bishopslea) is an all-female

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, preparatory,

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and

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school in

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. The school was founded in 1932 as Bishop's Lea, St Mary's Diocesan Preparatory School by the Rt. Rev. Edward Paget at the grounds of the Anglican Cathedral in Harare. Bishopslea Preparatory School is a member of the

Association of Trust Schools The Association of Trust Schools (ATS) is an organisation of independent primary and secondary schools in Zimbabwe that was founded in 1962. Each of these schools are run by their own Board of Governors and are not for profit entities. The Heads ...

(ATS) and the Head is a member of the

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(CHISZ).

Sport

The following sporting disciplines are offered at Bishopslea:

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and

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Houses

Bishopslea has a house system consisting of four houses which are Beaven, Gaul, Knight-Bruce, Paget. The houses and the house colour are * Knight-Bruce—Yellow * Gaul—Green * Beaven—Red * Paget—Purple The houses are named after Bishops

Frederic Beaven Frederic Hicks Beaven (11 April 1855 – 22 January 1941) was bishop of Mashonaland from 1911, through 1915 when his title was changed to bishop of Southern Rhodesia, until his retirement in 1925. History Born in Rodwell, Wiltshire, he was the ...

William Gaul William Thomas Gaul (1850–1927) was Rector of All Saints Church, Du Toit's Pan, Kimberley, afterwards of St Cyprian's Church, Kimberley, Rural Dean of Griqualand West, and Archdeacon in what was still the Diocese of Bloemfontein, before being ...

, George Knight-Bruce and

Edward Paget General Sir Edward Paget (3 November 1775 – 13 May 1849) was a British Army officer. Career Born the fourth son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, Edward Paget became a cornet in the 1st Regiment of Life Guards in 1792. He was Member ...

Notable alumnae

Elana Hill Elana Susan Hill (born 28 May 1988 in Harare, Zimbabwe) is a Zimbabwean rower. She represented Zimbabwe at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. She went to school at Bishopslea Preparatory School and Arundel School in Harare. She excell ...

- Zimbabwean rower

References

External links

*
Bishopslea Preparatory School Profile
on the

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Sport

Houses

Notable alumnae

See also

References

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