Mvumi School Trust

There have been tremendously encouraging numbers of Forms I and IV applicants. Government permission lets us expand Form I intake to three classes, i.e. by 20 pupils. A fine intake was selected from over 450 children taking our entrance examination and we are sifting through 150 senior students for the 60 places available.

Recent Form VI leavers showed a very non-PC-incorrectness in having no girls but, pleasingly, there have been over 30 applications from girls. We are thinking seriously about expanding senior girls’ accommodation.

Meanwhile, Julia Bengough, Sponsorship Co-ordinator, has visited many local but remote primary schools. The welcome result is that we have attracted some really bright but poor students, hungry for knowledge and good citizens, who would normally be unable to attend secondary school. Sponsorship means they can attend Mvumi and are already making their presence felt.