Public senior school
Gategi Girls Secondary School
A C3 girls' boarding senior school in Mwea sub-county, Embu County.
Gategi Girls Secondary School is in Gategi sub-location, Riakanau location, Mwea division and Gachoka 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
- 57 KARABA
Admissions & fees
For the 2026 intake.
- Cluster
- C3
- C3 schools are the former county schools.
- KNEC code
- 14376403
- UIC
- 6Z23
- 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
- KEMIS placement portal
- Next placements
- Not released yet for the January 2027 intake. Last year: 19 December. Get an alert when they’re released.
Location
Nearby schools
- S.A Gategi Mixed Day Sec Sch. (163.23m)
- S.A.Gategi Pri. Sch. (1596.44m)
- Pema Progressive Academy (1855.95m)
- Ccm Koma Pri. Sch. (2626.42m)
- Maviani Pri (2807.91m)
Other details
- Level
- Secondary School
- School code
- A4070537
- Gender
- Girls
- Day/boarding
- Boarding
- Address
- 57 KARABA
- Ownership
- Public
- Sponsor
- Religious Organisation
- Student needs
- Ordinary
- Acreage
- 35
- Acreage per enrolment
- 7.7
- Pupil Teacher Ratio
- 16.9:1 (2007)
- Total Enrolment
- 271
- Total Teaching staff
- 16
- County
- Embu
- Constituency
- Gachoka
- Province
- Eastern
- District
- Mbeere
- Division
- Mwea
- Location
- Riakanau
- Sub-location
- Gategi
- School zone
- Riakanau
Staff counts (2007)
| Staff type | Number |
|---|---|
| TSC Male Teachers | 8 |
| TSC Female Teachers | 6 |
| Local Authority Male Teachers | 0 |
| Local Authority Female Teachers | 0 |
| PTA Board of Governors Male Teacher | 1 |
| PTA Board of Governors Female Teacher | 1 |
| Other Male Teachers | 0 |
| Other Female Teachers | 0 |
| Non Teaching Staff Male | 7 |
| Non Teaching Staff Female | 4 |
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 226.
- June 2025 senior-school register, row 1368; 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.