Uplands College is delighted to announce the recipients of its annual Scholarship Awards in the Open Academic, Open All-rounder, Open Culture, Open Sports, Exhibition and Closed categories to pupils who are entering Grade 8 in 2024.
A competitive field of youngsters from thirty-seven primary schools in Botswana, Eswatini, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Mozambique, North-West and Zimbabwe submitted applications of a high standard and wrote the Scholarship Examinations.
Exceptional results were achieved which led to Uplands making nineteen Scholarship Awards.
Open Academic Awards
- Gabriella Mason – Uplands Preparatory School
Open All-Rounder Awards
- Aiden Berry – Penryn Preparatory School
- Megan Prinsloo – Uplands Preparatory School
- Micah Waspe – Uplands Preparatory School
- Obakeng Manana – Uplands Preparatory School
- Paul Coetzee – Laerskool Bergland
- Peo Mbayi – Northside Primary School
Open Culture Awards
- Jasmine Loram – Uplands Preparatory School
Open Sports Awards
- Azara Du-Pont – Uplands Preparatory School
- Joshua Haines – Southern Cross Schools
- Makayla Zinatsa – Penryn Preparatory School
- Nseketelo Mkhonto – Uplands Preparatory School
Exhibition Awards
- Guy McCarthy – Uplands Preparatory School
- Tumisho Mogotsi – Penryn Preparatory School
- Wayne Gotosa – White River Primary School
- Wetsembekile Thwala – Uplands Preparatory School
Closed Awards
- Matthew Greathead – Uplands Preparatory School
- Oliver Hartnell – Uplands Preparatory School
- Tarique Bülter – Uplands Preparatory School
“Applications for Scholarships in 2024 were of an extremely high calibre, and as a result I extend my congratulations to the recipients on their outstanding achievements and look forward to welcoming them when they commence their high school journey with us in 2024,” said Mr Allan Laing, Head of Uplands College.
Uplands strives to be Africa’s pre-eminent private co-educational family school, operating under the auspices of the Anglican Church. The school offers quality, holistic schooling to pupils from Grade 0000 to 12 with outstanding boarding opportunities from Grade 4 upwards. Celebrating its 95th birthday this year, Uplands is a contemporary school with years of timeless quality and values and a proven history of success.