Sans Souci Girls' High School

Sans Souci Girls' High School
Sans Souci Girls' High School
Address
	4 Esme Road, Newlands; Cape Town, Western Cape; South Africa
Information
School type	All-girls public school
Motto	Disce Prodesse; (Learn To be of Service)
Religious affiliation(s)	Christianity
Established	21 October 1961; 63 years ago
Sister school	South African College Schools
School district	District 9
School number	021 671 7188
Headmistress	Ruschda O'Shea
Grades	8–12
Gender	Female
Age	14 to 18
Number of students	400 girls
Language	English
Schedule	08:00 - 15:00
Campus	Urban Campus
Campus type	Suburban
Colour(s)	Blue ; Light Blue ; Red
Nickname	Sans Souci
Rivals	Herschel Girls School; Rustenburg Girls' High School; Wynberg Girls' High School;
Accreditation	Western Cape Education Department
Newspaper	Tatler
School fees	R R36635.00 (tuiton)
Alumni	Old Girls
Website	www.sanssouci.co.za

Sans Souci Girls' High School is a Public English medium high school for girls situated in the suburb of Newlands in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The school was established in 1960^[1] and was decreed by the apartheid-era South African government as whites only school. In 1991 the school opened enrollment to all races as a model B school.^[2]

History

Staff

List of headmistresses at Sans Souci Girls' High School.^{[citation needed]}

Joan Kenyon (1960–1978)
Fiona Watson (1978–1997)
Elizabeth Fugard (1997–1999)
Charmaine Murray (1999–2017)
Ruschida O'Shea (2017–present)

One of the school's former teachers, Denise Frick, is a South African chess master and winner of the 2015 South African Woman's Closed Chess Championships.^[3]

Sport

Controversy

In 2016 the school's hair and language policies caused controversy resulting in a broader national discussion of exclusionary or discriminatory school policies^[4] and an investigation by the Western Cape Education Department.^[5]

In 2019 a teacher at the school was filmed slapping a student.^[6]^[7] The incident resulted in an Equity Court case against the teacher that was ultimately withdrawn.^[8]