History
Founded in 1876, by Cyril Arnold Jansz who became the first head master of St John’s. Starting with a few students the numbers raised gradually and in 1885 classes for girls began at St John’s started by Mrs Jansz. The school has a proud history of more than 100 years and celebrated the 125th anniversary during the year 2000.
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