St Andrew's School

St. Andrew's School, Turi is an international, multicultural, Christian boarding school offering a British Curriculum education of the highest standard. The School aims to provide a happy, stimulating, well-rounded educational experience for children from a wide range of backgrounds, in beautiful, rural and safe surroundings. Pupils are encouraged to grow into well-educated, confident, self-disciplined young adults with the potential to be future leaders.

St. Andrew's School, Turi was founded by the Levets and taken on by Peter and Jean Lavers (known to all as Ma and Pa) in 1931. There were initially 15 children in the school and by the end of the second term there were already 22 pupils. Since then, it has grown to be a large and successful boarding school, providing a first-class education to children from East Africa and beyond. Starting as a Preparatory School for pupils aged 5 to 13 years, St. Andrew's School added the Senior School in 1988 and now caters for over 500 pupils between the ages of 5 and 16.

The phoenix symbol of St. Andrew's School represents the new school rising out of the ashes of the old, in memory of the fire that broke out at the School on 29th February, 1944. The School was destroyed but the chapel was unscathed and no-one was hurt. Pa Lavers, who still ran the school at that time, managed the rebuild of the school by employing Italian Prisoners of War. Many of these were skilled artisans, and they took enormous pride in their work and painted beautiful murals. The Baden-Powell Hall is testament to the enormous skills of these men and is a reminder of the truly eventful 75 years that the School has experienced.

Through a well-rounded and outstanding education within a Christian community, we seek to develop self disciplined, confident and compassionate individuals who live and lead with integrity.