Strathmore School is a private, independent, boys’ day school located in Nairobi, Kenya that follows the 8-4-4 curriculum. Strathmore was started as a Sixth Form college in March 1961. In 1977 the first Form One students were admitted, and in 1987 the first Standard One pupils. Read More…

The School’s chief purpose is to develop the minds and consciences of its students so that they can become self-disciplined and resourceful, and therefore better able to serve society in a useful way. Above all, the School emphasizes academic excellence and moral integrity. Read More…

According to the first Principal, Prof. Sperling, and the first Bursar, Mr. Borruso it came about after checking on many possible names. Strathmore was chosen because the dirt road, next to the College was called Strathcona Road. Strathmore sounded better and had a meaning nearer to the geographical site of the College. ‘Strath’ in Scottish means valley, just as ‘loch’ means lake. Read More…