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Waterkloof House Preparatory School

Field	Value
name	Waterkloof House Preparatory School
image_size	275px
caption	WHPS school crest
motto	Work Hard, Play Straight
established
schooltype	Private, day scholars & boarding from grade 3
locale	Urban campus
grades	grade 000 & 00 (boys & girls), grades 0 – 7 (boys only)
head_name	Headmaster
head	Mark Whitelaw
address	535 Ruddell Street, Brooklyn
head_name2	Exam board
head2	IEB
city	Pretoria
province	Gauteng
zipcode	0181
country	South Africa
coordinates
schedule	07:30 – 14:00
language	English
students	460 boys
colours	Maroon
Grey
free_label	Fees
website

Grey Waterkloof House Preparatory School (WHPS, pronounced, and commonly known as, WHiPS) is an independent (private) primary school in Pretoria, South Africa, offering education to grade 000 and grade 00 boys and girls, and grade 0–7 boys only through the medium of English.

History

The school began in 1923 with 12 pupils. The original Brooklyn House Preparatory School was on the south-east corner of MacKenzie and Alexander Streets in Brooklyn. To cope with rapidly expanding numbers, the school moved to its present seven-and-a-half acre site on Charles Street (Justice Mahomed Street), then known as Bailey's Avenue, in 1925.

The school now has 400 pupils.

Notable former pupils

Eddie Barlow, cricketer
Elon Musk, businessperson, founder of SpaceX and CEO of Tesla Motors and senior advisor to President Donald Trump, and the head of the department of Government efficiency (DOGE)
Neil Wheeler, Royal Air Force officer

References

Sproule, Shaun. (16 February 2023). "Waterkloof House preparatory school Celebrates 100 years". Pretoria Rekord.
Schroder, B.. (2019). "A Headmaster's Story: My Life in Education". Jonathan Ball.
(2020). "The Daily Telegraph Airmen's Obituaries". Grub Street Publishing.

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