Nairobi School
| Nairobi School | |
|---|---|
Kenya | |
| Information | |
| Type | National, Public |
| Motto | To The Uttermost |
| Established | 1902 |
| Sister school | The Kenya High School |
| Principal | Caspar Momanyi Maina |
| Enrollment | 2000 |
| Campus | Westlands, Nairobi |
| Colors | Blue, yellow, grey and white |
| Nickname | Patch |
| Website | https://nairobischool.ac.ke |
The Nairobi School is a secondary school in Nairobi, Kenya. It follows the national curriculum, is one of Kenya's 112 national schools and also one of the 18 prestigious Cluster III secondary schools.
It was founded in 1902 by the British settlers who had made Nairobi their home after the construction of the Uganda Railway. In 1925, Lord Delamere and Sir Edward Grigg, then Governor of Kenya, separated the European Nairobi School into a senior boys' school (Prince of Wales School), a senior girls' school (The Kenya High School) and a junior school (Nairobi Primary School).
In 1931, the boys' secondary school was moved to a 242-hectare (600-acre) allotment in the Kabete area (along Sclater's Road, today's Waiyaki Way), leaving the girls behind with the primary school pupils. The original idea for the name of the boys' school was Kabete Boys Secondary School, but the first headmaster, Captain Bertram W. L. Nicholson, thought this to be too clumsy and therefore the name Prince of Wales School, following Kenya's independence, it was renamed Nairobi School in 1965. The school is popularly referred to as 'Patch'.
Today the school, named after Kenya's capital, is one of the leading National Schools in the country. Nairobi School sits on over 80 ha (200 acres) of land about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from the city centre and has over 1,100 students currently enrolled. As of 2025, the current Chief Principal is Caspar Momanyi Maina. He came from Kisii School, and is still a principal of the institution.