Boarding House

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The St Agnes Boarding House offers your child a safe and disciplined, but loving environment where a child is able to thrive. Children are monitored carefully with regard to their academics, extra-mural activities and social interaction with their peers. The termly house fund is used to provide structured trips for boarders to places of interest, as well as provide healthy entertainment for the children on weekends.

The boarding house prefects and seniors mentor the new children in a special programme run at the beginning of the year. St Dominic’s has a strict anti-bullying campaign and a careful eye is kept to detect possible problems arising in this regard.

Our geographical location, being a small town in the Free State, means our boarder and day children are less exposed to the kind of peer pressure found in larger centres.

St Agnes Boarding is housed in attractive premises on the Primary School Campus.

High School pupils are within easy walking distance of the high school and so are able to participate in all activities and make use of all school facilities.

Boarders are given ample opportunity for diligent study, as well as free time to participate in sport and cultural activities, to socialize with friends and become part of our school life in many ways.                

Full and weekly family-orientated boarding offered, only for Grades 8 to Grade 12.                        

Care and supervision is provided by our on-site Hostel Mother and Father, as well as a daily House Matron. Student Teachers are also on the premises and share Boarding House duties.  Structured homework supervision is provided and computer and internet facilities are available during school and study times.    

Mr Tredoux, our Boarding Housemaster with his family: wife Joe-Marie and children Christo and Gustav.                            

The boys and girls wings are separate, both accommodating 32 children each. An additional 13 sleeper dormitory has recently been refurbished for girls. Each wing consists of:  

Junior Dormitory (Grade 8, 9 and 10): Eight Twin-cubicle bedrooms (with a double-bunk, cupboard & work table). The juniors share a modern bathroom, with 3 toilets, 3 showers and basins.

Single rooms : Grade 12’s each have their own room. Grade 11’s and 10’s are allocated single rooms subject to availability, merit and seniority at the discretion of the Housemaster. The seniors share their own modern bathroom with 3 showers, 3 toilets and basins.

Floorsare tiled throughout, with under-floor heating. Surveillance cameras and security locks on main doors at night . There is a comfortable, family-style common room and games room with DSTV. Home-cooked meals, consisting of a full breakfast, light lunch with fruit (packed lunches when away) and a full supper with pudding. Daily laundry and ironing (school clothes, sheets and duvet covers are sent to the laundry; sports clothes and civvies get washed on the premises). Supervised trips to town.   Weekend trips when available. Swimming pool on campus.

Enquiries can be directed to :

Marketing Manager: Moira Diesel, Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Tel: (057) 352 3905/Fax: (057) 353 4631

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Admissions: Robyn Wagner, Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  or numbers listed above.

Our commitment to your child is always at the fore and we would love to welcome your family into our school.