Springvale House
Springvale House is an independent, boarding, preparatory school in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe
Springvale House Preparatory School (commonly known as Springvale or Springvale House) is an independent, preparatory, boarding and day school in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe, that was established in 1952 in what was then Southern Rhodesia. The school shares facilities with Peterhouse Girls on the Springvale Estate of approximately 1,200 acres (490 ha) with Gosho Park, a conservation area on the estate, being adjacent to the two schools. The majority of the pupil population are boarders while the remainder are day scholars.
Springvale House is a member of the Association of Trust Schools (ATS) and the Headmaster is a member of the Conference of Heads of Independent Schools in Zimbabwe (CHISZ).
History
Springvale School
Springvale School was founded in what was then called Southern Rhodesia by Rev. Canon Robert Grinham and Maurice Carver, the founders of Ruzawi School, in 1952, as a second Anglican junior boys' school in Marondera. The school was born of the desire to cater for the large number of children on Ruzawi's waiting list which grew to 'epic proportions' in 1945. Canon Grinham fought against the proposal to expand Ruzawi's intake as he felt it would hurt the ethos of the school, thus pushing forward the idea of establishing another preparatory school. In 1949, the Ruzawi Board bought 1,000 acres of land for £2 an acre from Jim Blake, the owner of Springvale Farm.
In 1950, Canon Grinham left the headship of Ruzawi School to undertake the new project.
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