Kipsigis Girls’ High School

Senior-school information — 2026 intake

Senior-school cluster: C1
County: KERICHO
Administrative subcounty: KERICHO
KNEC code: 28500005
UIC: PE9Q
Gender: Girls
Day / boarding: Boarding
Ownership: Public

This school is listed as integrated. The gazette has a separate special-needs-school fee schedule, but this register does not establish whether it applies here.

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

Other dated register details: Teachers Arena (Ministry register mirror), row 2455. 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

Kipsigis Girls High School is in Kericho County (Ainamoi Constituency).

Kipsigis Girls High School is a girls boarding secondary school.

Kipsigis Girls began in 1955 as a boarding school for African girls in the upper primary classes, Standards 5 to 8, with 140 pupils. In 1965, two years after independence, it became a secondary school, and in 1970 it started an A-level class.

Today it is a national girls’ boarding school in Kericho County.

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Earlier directory details

Legacy directory code: L7050336

Address: P.O. Box 194-20200, Kericho

Level: Secondary School

Day/Boarding: Boarding

Gender: Girls

Ownership: Public

Sponsor: Central Government/DEB

Founded: 1955

Student Needs: Ordinary

Facts

Acreage: 32

Board Teaching staff: 13

Laboratories: 8

Toilets: 59

Total Enrolment: 1,685

Total Number of Classrooms: 37

Total Teaching staff: 69

TSC Teaching staff: 56

Pupil Teacher Ratio: 24.4

Location

County: Kericho

Constituency: Ainamoi

Province: Rift Valley

District: Kericho

Division: Belgut

Location: Kapsuser

Sub Location: Kakeptui

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Pathways and subject combinations checked 15 October 2026

STEM · 10 combinations

Pure Sciences · 3

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

Applied Sciences · 7

Agriculture, Biology, Business Studies (ST2044)
Agriculture, Biology, Geography (ST2071)
Agriculture, Geography, Physics (ST2075)
Agriculture, Home Science, Physics (ST2093)
Business Studies, Computer Studies, Physics (ST2007)
Chemistry, Computer Studies, Home Science (ST2024)
Computer Studies, Geography, Physics (ST2018)

Social Sciences · 7 combinations

Humanities & Business Studies · 7

Business Studies, Christian Religious Education, French (SS2112)
Business Studies, Geography, History & Citizenship (SS2025)
Business Studies, Geography, Literature in English (SS2061)
Christian Religious Education, Fasihi ya Kiswahili, History & Citizenship (SS2069)
Christian Religious Education, Geography, History & Citizenship (SS2019)
Computer Studies, Geography, History & Citizenship (SS2024)
Geography, History & Citizenship, Literature in English (SS2004)

Arts & Sports Science · 3 combinations

Arts · 1

Christian Religious Education, Fine Arts, Music & Dance (AS1022)

Sports · 2

General Science, Sports & Recreation, Theatre & Film (AS2038)
Home Science, Music & Dance, Sports & Recreation (AS2055)

Subjects in these combinations · 18

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

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