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St Andrews Turi, Greensteads International School, Brookhouse and Peponi School are just some of those schools that pop up on your mind when you think of high-end schools in Kenya.
These are the schools where the affluent in Kenya and even larger East Africa love to take their kids and Steve Mbogo, a flamboyant politician cum business is one of them.
The flashy businessman’s firstborn daughter Fatmah attends Brookhouse School. A school that has nurtured the kids of other well-off Kenyans like Julie Gichuru, William Kabogo and Anne Waiguru
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Brookhouse School is an independent British curriculum co-educational day and boarding school locate in Lang’ata on your way to Ongata Rongai and Runda.
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Brookhouse Runda-Campus (mumsvillage.com)
Brookhouse School fees as we all know is pretty steep with the school fees ranging from 490,000-875,000 for years 2-5, with 6-8 paying 535,000 for day scholars and 920,000 Kshs for boarders.
Years 9-11 pay 590,000-975,000 while those in year 12-13 which is Form 3 and Form 4 pay between 605,000-990,000. (This is according to a 2018 Fee structure).
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Brookhoouse (BudaBoss Live)
Most Expensive in Africa
Kenya’s elite schools are the most expensive in Africa according to a 2018 report.
The cost of educating a child below 10 years in Nairobi’s top private schools is $10,500 (Sh1million) a year on average, the International Schools Database Survey states (ISDS).
“The survey suggests that the high price is in part due to high-quality education and costs,” Andrea Robledillo of the ISDS said.
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Some of Kenya’s most expensive schools (Courtesy)
Kenya has a chain of international schools which offer international curriculum like the British education system and charge up to $25,988 (sh2.7million) per year, rivalling more advanced metropolis like Amsterdam, Kuala Lumpur, Copen Hagen and Cape town whose fees are nearly a third of what Kenyan schools charge.
Top on the list of Nairobi’s exclusive schools is the International School of Kenya (ISK) which charges parents a whopping $25,988 per child.
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