One of Africa’s leading independent girls’ schools, The Wykeham Collegiate is situated in the suburb of Clarendon in Pietermaritzburg. The school aims to prepare girls for the challenges of the real world. The girls at The Wykeham Collegiate are encouraged to believe in themselves and to value their abilities. The broad, holistic curriculum provides opportunities for every girl to discover and develop her own talents. The Wykeham Collegiate is a Christian school and there are three tenets to which the school subscribes: ‘faith, hope and love’. It endorses the view expressed in 1 Corinthians 13:13 that ‘the greatest of these is love’.