Oakhurst Primary School is situated in Oakhurst Avenue, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa. In 2006 the school celebrated its 100th anniversary.
Academics
Oakhurst is a small school with one class per grade and encourages one-on-one teaching with the idea that smaller classes encourage better results.
History
Oakhurst was opened on 8 October 1906 as the Camp Ground School for Girls under the leadership of Mrs M. Garcia. It became an independent branch of Rustenburg School for Girls. It changed its name to Oakhurst Primary School in 1927 after one of the old houses on the Canigou Estate. Until 1930, boys too were admitted to the kindergarten grades.[1]
Headmistresses
Mrs Mabel Garcia (1906-1921)
Miss Christine Chandler (1920-1935)
Miss Esmé Powis (1936-1939)
Miss L. de Smidt (1940-1954)
Miss Elizabeth Haenni (1955-1982)
Miss Joan McKee (1982-1997)
Ms Anneline Lourens (1997-2006)
Mrs Jenny Van Velden (2007–2015)
Mrs Lorette de la Bat (2016–2023)
Mrs Gay Potter (2024-Present)
Houses
Oakhurst houses are: Athlone (green), Buxton (red), and Clarendon (blue). They compete in multiple activities like general knowledge, music and all sports like interhouse netball, swimming, waterpolo etc.
Sport
Oakhurst offers summer and winter sports. In summer there is tennis, waterpolo,swimming and running. Winter is netball hockey and cross country. these are all competed between houses and other schools.
