H E R I TAG E Kearsney College was founded in 1921 by Sir Liege Hulett, at his family home on KwaZuluNatal’s North Coast, near KwaDukuza (Stanger). The school was named after the Kearsney Abbey in the village near Sir Liege’s ancestral home in Kent. The school opened in its remote location with 11 boarders and two day scholars in August 1921. Kearsney’s badge was designed in 1923. The greyhound is taken from the arms of the Founder, Sir James Liege Hulett. The scallop shells and the dividing chevron are from the arms of the founder of Methodism, John Wesley. The pheon, or arrowhead, is taken from the badge of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where the then Headmaster, Mr R H Matterson, studied. The dangers of malaria on the North Coast prompted a search for a more suitable site, and in 1939 Kearsney College moved to its present site in Botha’s Hill. A month before the outbreak of World War II the new Kearsney College opened its doors, with ninety-six boys enrolled. Today Kearsney College is home to around six hundred and fifty boys and is recognised as one of the country’s most prestigious schools, renowned for its world-class holistic education. As Kearsney moves conf idently into the future, we remain true to our founding ideals of being an extraordinary place of learning, passionately committed to producing young men of distinction.
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