Secondary school
Sunshine Secondary School
A boys' boarding school in Nairobi County.
Sunshine Secondary School is a six streamed private Boys’ Boarding School in Nairobi County, with a population of 960 students, and a teacher student ratio of 1:16. The school offers 8.4.4. Education System.
The school is located in Langata District, 7km from the Nairobi Central District along the main Nairobi Magadi Road (Langata Road). It is adjacent to the Amref training centre opposite the Wilson Airport.
The school was established in 1995 by the second President of the republic of Kenya the retired president Honorable Daniel T. Arap Moi. The school is managed by Matron, Deputy Patron, Board of Directors, PTA and school Administration.The school is science oriented with an aim of meeting the needs of the scarcity of boys boarding facilities in the county.
The school first featured in 1998 in the sixth position Nationally at its first K.C.S.E entry. The school has not only excelled in Kenya National Examinations (K.C.S.E) by being in the top 10 several times, but also produced the best students .
School details
- Level
- Secondary School
- Gender
- Boys
- Boarding or day
- Boarding
- Ownership
- Private
- Sponsor
- Private Individual
- Student needs
- Ordinary
- Postal address
- 56890-00200 NAIROBI
Location
Nearby schools
- Langata Road Primary School (438.96m)
- White Star Academy- Highrise Primary (776.38m)
- Soweto Baptist Primary School (850.69m)
- Victoria Hope Children Centre Primary School (881.21m)
- Funguo Primary School (885.23m)
Other details
- Level
- Secondary School
- School code
- R1010088
- Gender
- Boys
- Day/boarding
- Boarding
- Address
- 56890-00200 NAIROBI
- Ownership
- Private
- Sponsor
- Private Individual
- Student needs
- Ordinary
- Acreage
- 25
- Acreage per enrolment
- 35.6
- Pupil Teacher Ratio
- 16.5:1 (2007)
- Total Enrolment
- 891
- Total Teaching staff
- 54
- County
- Nairobi
- Constituency
- Langata
- Province
- Nairobi
- District
- Kibera
- Division
- Kibera
- Location
- Mugumoini
- Sub-location
- Mugumoini
Staff counts (2007)
| Staff type | Number |
|---|---|
| TSC Male Teachers | 0 |
| TSC Female Teachers | 0 |
| Local Authority Male Teachers | 0 |
| Local Authority Female Teachers | 0 |
| PTA Board of Governors Male Teacher | 27 |
| PTA Board of Governors Female Teacher | 27 |
| Other Male Teachers | 0 |
| Other Female Teachers | 0 |
| Non Teaching Staff Male | 29 |
| Non Teaching Staff Female | 14 |
Data sources
The school description and other details come from the 2013 school data. Staff and facility figures show their recorded years.
- Kenya Open Data Initiative.
- Map data: © OpenStreetMap contributors; county outline: geoBoundaries.