Alliance Girls’ High School

Senior-school information — 2026 intake

Senior-school cluster: C1
County: KIAMBU
Administrative subcounty: KIKUYU
KNEC code: 11200002
UIC: C8FX
Gender: Girls
Day / boarding: Boarding
Ownership: Public

2026 public boarding-school parent fee ceiling: KSh 53,554 or KSh 40,535, depending on the school's previously approved tier. This school's tier is not listed here.

Fee source: Kenya Gazette Notice No. 1449, effective 5 January 2026. For selection and placement updates, use the government portal.

Cluster and identifiers: December 2025 senior-school list, row 55. This list is hosted by Education News and attributed to the Ministry of Education.

Other dated register details: Teachers Arena (Ministry register mirror), row 2762. Published 2025-06-01; captured 2026-09-10.

The dated register does not confirm current vacancies, school-specific fees, boarding capacity or support services.

The earlier directory record and historical information are retained below.

Earlier directory summary

Alliance Girls High School is in Kiambu County (Kikuyu Constituency).

Alliance Girls High School is a girls boarding secondary school.

Alliance Girls’ High School opened on 28 February 1948, when its first ten girls, selected from different provinces, were admitted. The school describes itself as Kenya’s first high school for African girls. It began at the intermediate school on the mission station at Thogoto, and in November 1950 it moved to its own site about a mile from the mission. It took the name Alliance Girls’ High School after independence.

Today it is a national public boarding school for girls in Kikuyu, Kiambu County, sponsored by the Presbyterian Church of East Africa. Its motto is “Walk in the Light”.

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Earlier directory details

Legacy directory code: K2010115

Address: 109-00902 Kikuyu

Level: Secondary School

Day/Boarding: Boarding

Gender: Girls

Ownership: Public

Sponsor: Presbyterian Church of East Africa

Founded: 1948

Motto: Walk in the Light

Student Needs: Ordinary

Facts

Acreage: 71

Total Enrolment: 1,867

Total Teaching staff: 47

Location

County: Kiambu

Constituency: Kikuyu

Province: Central

District: Kiambu

Division: Kikuyu

Location: Kikuyu

Sub Location: Kikuyu T-Ship

Staff

TSC Male Teachers: 18

TSC Female Teachers: 29

Non Teaching Staff Male: 22

Non Teaching Staff Female: 14

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Pathways and subject combinations checked 15 October 2026

STEM · 14 combinations

Pure Sciences · 4

Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry (ST1042)
Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry (ST1045)
Biology, Chemistry, Computer Studies (ST1046)
Biology, Chemistry, Physics (ST1048)

Applied Sciences · 10

Agriculture, Biology, Home Science (ST2081)
Agriculture, Business Studies, Computer Studies (ST2047)
Agriculture, Business Studies, Physics (ST2053)
Agriculture, Chemistry, Computer Studies (ST2059)
Agriculture, Chemistry, Home Science (ST2086)
Agriculture, Computer Studies, Geography (ST2062)
Agriculture, Computer Studies, Physics (ST2067)
Biology, Computer Studies, Geography (ST2011)
Business Studies, Computer Studies, Physics (ST2007)
Computer Studies, Geography, Physics (ST2018)

Social Sciences · 5 combinations

Humanities & Business Studies · 5

Business Studies, Christian Religious Education, Geography (SS2001)
Business Studies, Computer Studies, History & Citizenship (SS2095)
Business Studies, French, History & Citizenship (SS2097)
Business Studies, Geography, History & Citizenship (SS2025)
Geography, German, History & Citizenship (SS2010)

Arts & Sports Science · 2 combinations

Arts · 1

Fine Arts, Literature in English, Music & Dance (AS1031)

Sports · 1

General Science, Sports & Recreation, Theatre & Film (AS2038)

Subjects in these combinations · 18

Agriculture, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Christian Religious Education, Computer Studies, Fine Arts, French, General Science, Geography, German, History & Citizenship, Home Science, Literature in English, Music & Dance, Physics, Sports & Recreation, Theatre & Film

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