Westerford High School is a public co-educational high school in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
It has a campus in Rondebosch where the main school buildings are located and a secondary campus in Newlands used for sport. The school is located close to the Newlands Rugby Ground and Table Mountain. The school opened on 21 January 1953 and has just celebrated its Diamond jubilee on the 7th of March 2013.
Westerford enjoys a prominent position in the local community, hosting visits from key figures within South Africa such as the then President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela and guest speakers such as former Minister of Education Kader Asmal .
In 2009, Westerford High School was ranked by the Sunday Times newspaper as the top state school in South Africa.
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