Kearsney College – Bothas Hill Application – Fees and Subjects 2024-2025

ReceptionPhone: +27 (031) 765 9600

Admission EnquiriesAdmissions Officer: Shannon Burgess
Phone: +27 (031) 765 9600
Email the Admissions Officer

School EnquiriesHeadmaster: Mr Elwyn van den Aardweg

Headmaster’s Secretary: Mrs Pearl McCluskey
+27 (031) 765 9600
Email the Headmaster’s secretary

Commercial Director, Finance: Mrs Catherine Mowat
+27 (031) 765 9600
Email the Commercial Director

Marketing Director: Mr Robert Carpenter
+27 (031) 765 9600
Email the Marketing Director

Foundation Director: Mrs Ghislaine Riceman
+27(031)765 9600
Email the Foundation Director

Communications Manager: Ms Heather Pearse
+27 (031) 765 9600
Email the Communications Manager

Director of Sport: Mr Keith Thompson
+27 (031) 765 9600
Email the Director of Sport

Resources Manager (and HR): Mrs Val Dixon
+27 (031) 765 9600
Email the Resources Manager

Kit and Clothing Shop Manager: Mrs Cheryl Gaughran
+27 (031) 765 9607
Email the Shop

Receptionist: Ms Europa Ngubane
+27 (031) 765 9600
Email Reception

Postal Address

Housemasters’ emailsFinningley: Mr Beaumont

Gillingham: Mr Prinsloo

Haley (Grade 8s): Mr Badenhorst

Pembroke: Mr Green

Sheffield: Mr Moerdyk

Grade Heads’ emailsGrade 8: Mrs du Plessis

Grade 9: Mr Thompson

Grade 10: Mr Grundling

Grade 11: Mr Morgan

Grade 12: Mr van Zyl

Hours of OperationOffice hours
Official working hours of the College’s administration departments:School terms:
   Switchboard and reception: Monday to Friday 07h30 – 16h00
   Other departments: Monday to Friday 07h30 – 16h00School holidays:
   Switchboard and reception: Monday to Friday 07h30 – 15h30
   Other departments: Monday to Friday 08h00 – 16h00

Kit and Clothing Shop
Monday to Friday 07h00 – 16h00
Saturday 07h30 – 12h30
The shop will be closed for some of the holidays, as notified.

Coffee Shop
During the term: Monday 07h00 – 17h30
Tuesday to Friday 08h00 – 17h30
Saturday 07h30 – 17h00
Sunday 08h00 – 15h00

Location and directions25 Old Main Road, Botha’s Hill, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

GPS Co-ordinates: 29°39’93″S, 30°27’61″E

From King Shaka International airport, take the N2 south towards Durban.

At the interchange 165/EB Cloete, keep left and follow signs for the N3 towards Pietermaritzburg/Johannesburg.

Turn left onto N3. 
After 6.1km, take exit 17 to merge onto M13 / King Cetshwayo Highway towards Pinetown/Pietermaritzburg.

After 13.8km, take exit 28 for the R103/Old Main Road towards Hillcrest/Gillitts. Go 220m and turn right into Old Main Road. Travel through Hillcrest and proceed up Botha’s Hill.

After approximately 6km, you will reach the summit of Botha’s Hill and will pass the Lifestyle Value Centre and Botha/Chapel Roads on your left. After another 500m you will come to the main gates of Kearsney College on the left.

Please ask for any further directions required at the security gate just inside the College grounds.

Travel south along the N3. Take exit35 onto the M13 towards Hillcrest/Durban.

After 1.6km, take exit 33 towards the R103/Assagay/Hillcrest West. After 450m, turn left into Kassier Road.

After 3.3km, you will reach the traffic lights at the intersection with the R103/Old Main Road.
Turn left into Old Main Road and proceed up Botha’s Hill.
After approximately 2km, you will reach the summit of Botha’s Hill and will pass the Lifestyle Value Centre and Botha/Chapel Roads on your left.
After another 500m you will come to the main gates of Kearsney College on the left.

Please ask for any further directions required at the security gate just inside the College grounds. Find location on Google Maps

Kearsney College is just 40 minutes’ drive away from King Shaka International Airport.

There are direct flights to Durban’s King Shaka International Airport from:

Dubai

Gaberone, Botswana

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Lusaka, Zambia

Maputo, Mozambique

Windhoek, Namibia

Mauritius

There are numerous flights from Johannesburg to Durban every day.

The College transport boarders to and from the airport at the end and start of terms.