Kenya High School

Senior-school information — 2026 intake

Senior-school cluster: C1
County: NAIROBI
Administrative subcounty: WESTLANDS
KNEC code: 20400003
UIC: UX27
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 135. This list is hosted by Education News and attributed to the Ministry of Education.

Other dated register details: Teachers Arena (Ministry register mirror), row 6603. 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

Kenya High School is in Nairobi County (Dagoretti North Constituency).

Kenya High School is a girls boarding secondary school.

The Kenya High School dates its beginnings to 1910 and the Nairobi European School, which then taught boys and girls together. In 1931 the older boys moved to the new school at Kabete that is now Nairobi School. The girls’ school was later named the European Girls Secondary School and then The Kenya High School.

During the Second World War its boarders were moved to Eldoret in 1940, returning to Nairobi a year later. In 1944 the government set aside land on Kileleshwa Hill for a new school, and in 1950 a hundred boarders moved into the partly built campus. A chapel was dedicated in 1959, the school admitted its first African student in 1961, and a library opened in 1963.

Today it is a national girls’ boarding school on Mandera Road in Kileleshwa, Nairobi. Its motto, “Servire est Regnare”, is Latin for “To serve is to reign”.

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Earlier directory details

Legacy directory code: P1010098

Address: 30035-00100 Nairobi

Level: Secondary School

Day/Boarding: Boarding

Gender: Girls

Ownership: Public

Sponsor: Central Government/DEB

Founded: 1910

Motto: Servire est Regnare

Student Needs: Ordinary

Facts

Acreage: 100

Board Teaching staff: 11

Dining halls: 1

Dormitories: 10

Libraries: 1

Total Enrolment: 1,556

Total Teaching staff: 80

Transition to university after KCSE 2024: 97.64%

TSC Teaching staff: 69

Location

County: Nairobi

Constituency: Dagoretti North

Province: Nairobi

District: Westlands

Division: Westlands

Location: Kilimani

Sub Location: Kileleshwa

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Pathways and subject combinations checked 15 October 2026

STEM · 9 combinations

Pure Sciences · 4

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

Applied Sciences · 4

Agriculture, Computer Studies, Physics (ST2067)
Business Studies, Computer Studies, Physics (ST2007)
Computer Studies, Geography, Physics (ST2018)
Computer Studies, Home Science, Physics (ST2031)

Technical Studies · 1

Aviation, Geography, Physics (ST3121)

Social Sciences · 6 combinations

Humanities & Business Studies · 6

Business Studies, Geography, History & Citizenship (SS2025)
Business Studies, History & Citizenship, Literature in English (SS2100)
Christian Religious Education, Fasihi ya Kiswahili, History & Citizenship (SS2069)
Christian Religious Education, French, History & Citizenship (SS2075)
Christian Religious Education, Geography, History & Citizenship (SS2019)
Christian Religious Education, German, History & Citizenship (SS2079)

Arts & Sports Science · 2 combinations

Arts · 1

Computer Studies, Fine Arts, Music & Dance (AS1021)

Sports · 1

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

Subjects in these combinations · 20

Agriculture, Aviation, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Christian Religious Education, Computer Studies, Fasihi ya Kiswahili, 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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