Hilton Today
Hilton is the most expensive boarding school in South Africa with relatively high fees of approximately R188,400 in 2012.
The headmaster between 1994 and 2007 was Mike Nicholson, an Old Hiltonian who taught at Kearsney College before joining the teaching staff at Hilton in 1977. Dave Lovatt became the new headmaster in 2008 and was succeeded by Gavin Thompson in 2009.
Various performers and audiences gather every year for the Hilton Arts Festival held at the Hilton College Theatre - the second largest theatre in the province.
It has a student exchange programme with Eton College, Harrow School, Wrekin College, The King's School, Canterbury in England, Gordonstoun in Scotland, Schule Schloss Salem in Germany, The Scots College in Australia, and Charlotte Latin School in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America.
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