Public senior school
Alliance Girls’ High School
A C1 girls' boarding senior school in Kikuyu sub-county, Kiambu County.
Alliance Girls School is a boarding high performing high schools established in 1948 by Alliance of Protestants was the first institution of higher secondary for African girls in Kenya. It is located in a small town, kikuyu and in the heart of the very fast growing Kiambu town. The school is ranked among the top schools nationwide and has eminent alumni including Joan Waithaka who became its first African principal.
The school is very selective and competitive with only top performing students in national examinations. The school has a reputation as a center of academic excellence AGHS’s graduates go to leading universities and some selected to attend African Leadership Academy.
The school chaplain is located opposite the administration block is used for services on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
References: Emmanuel Kwaku and Henri Louis Gates [Eds] [2012] Dictionary of African Biography, vol 4 pp295; 473
Kiluva-Ndunda, Mutindi Mumbua [2001].Women’s Agency and Educational policy p 78.state university of New York Press.
School details
- Level
- Secondary School
- Gender
- Girls
- Boarding or day
- Boarding
- Ownership
- Public
- Sponsor
- Central Government/DEB
- Student needs
- Ordinary
- Postal address
- 109-00902 KIKUYU
Admissions & fees
For the 2026 intake.
- Cluster
- C1
- C1 schools are the former national schools; learners can pick three of these in selection.
- KNEC code
- 11200002
- UIC
- C8FX
- 2026 fees
- KSh 53,554 or 40,535 per year, depending on the approved tier
- Government-set schedule, not an individual school invoice.
- Placement portal
- Government selection and placement portal
Location
Nearby schools
- Alliance Boys High School (683.03m)
- Musa Gitau Pcea Primary (873.59m)
- Pcea Musa Gitau Secondary (1031.91m)
- Pcea Magutuini Primary School (1038.67m)
- Pcea Mai-A-Ihii Primary (1102.25m)
Other details
- Level
- Secondary School
- School code
- K2010115
- Gender
- Girls
- Day/boarding
- Boarding
- Address
- 109-00902 KIKUYU
- Ownership
- Public
- Sponsor
- Central Government/DEB
- Student needs
- Ordinary
- Acreage
- 71
- Acreage per enrolment
- 10.9
- Pupil Teacher Ratio
- 16.5:1 (2007)
- Total Enrolment
- 777
- Total Teaching staff
- 47
- County
- Kiambu
- Constituency
- Kabete
- Province
- Central
- District
- Kiambu
- Division
- Kikuyu
- Location
- Kikuyu
- Sub-location
- Kikuyu T-Ship
- School zone
- Thogoto
Staff counts (2007)
| Staff type | Number |
|---|---|
| TSC Male Teachers | 18 |
| TSC Female Teachers | 29 |
| Local Authority Male Teachers | 0 |
| Local Authority Female Teachers | 0 |
| PTA Board of Governors Male Teacher | 0 |
| PTA Board of Governors Female Teacher | 0 |
| Other Male Teachers | 0 |
| Other Female Teachers | 0 |
| Non Teaching Staff Male | 22 |
| 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. Classification and codes come from the 2026 senior-school register.
- December 2025 senior-school list, row 55.
- June 2025 senior-school register, row 2762; checked 1 October 2026.
- Kenya Gazette Notice No. 1449 for the 2026 fee schedule.
- Kenya Open Data Initiative.
- Map data: © OpenStreetMap contributors; county outline: geoBoundaries.