Falcon College
Falcon College (or simply Falcon) is an independent boarding school for boys and girls aged 12–18 in the southern Matabeleland region of Zimbabwe. It was founded in 1954 near Essexvale, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (now Esigodini, Zimbabwe), 55 km southeast of Bulawayo on the remains of the Bushtick Mine. The college's graduates include a British member of parliament, surgeons and doctors, leaders of industry and commerce, soldiers and educators.
| Falcon College | |
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Falcon College Badge | |
| Location | |
| , Matabeleland South Zimbabwe | |
| Coordinates | 20°12′24″S 28°58′01″E |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent, boarding school |
| Motto | Sic itur ad astra (Latin: Reach for the stars) |
| Denomination | Interdenominational |
| Established | 3 February 1954 |
| Headmaster | D. van Wyk |
| Forms | 1—6 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Age | 12 to 18 |
| Number of pupils | 384 (2016) |
| Campus type | Rural |
| Houses | 6 |
| Publication | The Falcon |
| Tuition | US$$5,150 (2024) |
| Affiliations | |
| Alumni | Falcon Old Boys |
| Website | www |
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The college has 40 km2 of Matabeleland bush, 10 km2 approximately is game fenced and houses Quiet Waters game park. The park contains examples of most of Zimbabwe's plains game species, including zebra, giraffe, kudu, impala, tsessebe, bushbuck and warthog. The campus is surrounded by an electric fence (a reminder of the bush war of pre-1980). An air strip is nearby.
The school's motto is Sic itur ad astra and the school badge is a representation of a Lanner Falcon designed by the wife of a former Headmaster.
Falcon College was ranked as one of the Top 10 High Schools in Zimbabwe in 2014.
Falcon College is a member of the Association of Trust Schools (ATS) and the Headmaster is a member of the Conference of Heads of Independent Schools in Zimbabwe (CHISZ).
In December 2015 Falcon became a coeducational school accepting girls in January 2016.