Public senior school
Chwele Girls High School
A C2 girls' boarding senior school in Bungoma West sub-county, Bungoma County.
Chwele Girls High School is in Central Namwela sub-location, Namwela location, Sirisia division and Sirisia constituency. It is a public school sponsored by a religious organisation.
School details
- Level
- Secondary School
- Gender
- Girls
- Boarding or day
- Boarding
- Ownership
- Public
- Sponsor
- Religious Organisation
- Student needs
- Ordinary
- Postal address
- BOX 63 CHWELE
Admissions & fees
For the 2026 intake.
- Cluster
- C2
- C2 schools are the former extra-county schools.
- KNEC code
- 36626101
- UIC
- 95KE
- 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
- Chwele Girls Primary (118.41m)
- Namwela Secondary (137.89m)
- Chwele Boys Primary (266.60m)
- Bethel Academy Primary Sch (852.63m)
- Namwela Township Primary Sch (944.93m)
Other details
- Level
- Secondary School
- School code
- M8010351
- Gender
- Girls
- Day/boarding
- Boarding
- Address
- BOX 63 CHWELE
- Ownership
- Public
- Sponsor
- Religious Organisation
- Student needs
- Ordinary
- Acreage
- 33
- Acreage per enrolment
- 18.5
- Pupil Teacher Ratio
- 19.0
- Total Enrolment
- 609
- Total Teaching staff
- 32
- County
- Bungoma
- Constituency
- Sirisia
- Province
- Western
- District
- Bungoma
- Division
- Sirisia
- Location
- Namwela
- Sub-location
- Central Namwela
- School zone
- Namwela
Staff counts (2007)
| Staff type | Number |
|---|---|
| TSC Male Teachers | 17 |
| TSC Female Teachers | 8 |
| Local Authority Male Teachers | 0 |
| Local Authority Female Teachers | 0 |
| PTA Board of Governors Male Teacher | 4 |
| PTA Board of Governors Female Teacher | 3 |
| Other Male Teachers | 0 |
| Other Female Teachers | 0 |
| Non Teaching Staff Male | 27 |
| Non Teaching Staff Female | 5 |
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 41.
- June 2025 senior-school register, row 697; 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.