Nairobi School

Senior-school information — 2026 intake

Senior-school cluster: C1
County: NAIROBI
Administrative subcounty: WESTLANDS
KNEC code: 20400002
UIC: GHXC
Gender: Boys
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 136. This list is hosted by Education News and attributed to the Ministry of Education.

Other dated register details: Teachers Arena (Ministry register mirror), row 6607. 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

Nairobi School is in Nairobi County (Westlands Constituency).

Nairobi School is a n/a n/a secondary school.

Nairobi School began in 1902 as the European Nairobi School, a few rooms near Nairobi’s railway station on the grounds of today’s Railway Club, set up for European children. In 1916 it moved to Protectorate Road, now Mamlaka Road, where Nairobi Primary School stands today.

In the 1920s the colonial government planned a new boys’ secondary school near Kabete, designed by the architect Sir Herbert Baker. Its foundation stone was laid on 24 September 1929. The school opened in 1931 and that year took the name Prince of Wales School, with the Prince of Wales’s three ostrich feathers on its badge. The old school was split into three: Nairobi Primary School, a girls’ secondary school that later became the Kenya High School, and the Prince of Wales School for boys. During the Second World War part of the school served as a military hospital.

The school admitted its first African and Asian students in 1962 and was renamed Nairobi School at the end of 1965. Today it is a national boys’ boarding school on Waiyaki Way in Westlands, Nairobi. Its motto is “To the Uttermost”.

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Earlier directory details

Legacy directory code: P1010251

Address:

Level: Secondary School

Day/Boarding: N/A

Gender: N/A

Ownership: Public

Sponsor: Central Government/DEB

Founded: 1902

Motto: To the Uttermost

Student Needs: Ordinary

Facts

Board Teaching staff: 41

Dining halls: 3

Dormitories: 8

Laboratories: 9

Libraries: 1

Toilets: 140

Total Enrolment: 1,969

Total Number of Classrooms: 38

Total Teaching staff: 111

Transition to university or college after KCSE 2023: 482

TSC Teaching staff: 70

Location

County: Nairobi

Constituency: Westlands

Province: Nairobi

District: Westlands

Division: Westlands

Location: Kitisuru

Sub Location: Kyuna

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Pathways and subject combinations checked 15 October 2026

STEM · 25 combinations

Pure Sciences · 6

Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry (ST1042)
Aviation, Biology, Chemistry (ST1043)
Biology, Building & Construction, Chemistry (ST1044)
Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry (ST1045)
Biology, Chemistry, Computer Studies (ST1046)
Biology, Chemistry, Physics (ST1048)

Applied Sciences · 7

Agriculture, Biology, Business Studies (ST2044)
Agriculture, Biology, Geography (ST2071)
Agriculture, Business Studies, Chemistry (ST2046)
Biology, Computer Studies, Geography (ST2011)
Business Studies, Computer Studies, Physics (ST2007)
Chemistry, Computer Studies, Geography (ST2013)
Computer Studies, Geography, Physics (ST2018)

Technical Studies · 12

Aviation, Geography, Physics (ST3121)
Biology, Business Studies, Media Technology (ST3065)
Biology, Electricity, Geography (ST3014)
Business Studies, Chemistry, Metal Work (ST3085)
Business Studies, Geography, Media Technology (ST3068)
Business Studies, Media Technology, Physics (ST3073)
Business Studies, Metal Work, Physics (ST3092)
Business Studies, Physics, Power Mechanics (ST3115)
Electricity, Geography, Physics (ST3026)
Geography, Media Technology, Physics (ST3082)
Geography, Metal Work, Physics (ST3105)
Geography, Physics, Power Mechanics (ST3023)

Social Sciences · 3 combinations

Humanities & Business Studies · 3

Business Studies, Geography, History & Citizenship (SS2025)
Business Studies, German, History & Citizenship (SS2099)
Christian Religious Education, French, Geography (SS2040)

Arts & Sports Science · 1 combination

Sports · 1

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

Subjects in these combinations · 20

Agriculture, Aviation, Biology, Building & Construction, Business Studies, Chemistry, Christian Religious Education, Computer Studies, Electricity, French, General Science, Geography, German, History & Citizenship, Media Technology, Metal Work, Physics, Power Mechanics, Sports & Recreation, Theatre & Film

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