Goldridge College

{{Infobox school

| name = Goldridge College

| logo= File:Goldridge College Logo.JPG

| alt = Goldridge Badge

| caption =

| motto = Striving for excellence{{cn|date=May 2024}}

| motto_translation =

| streetaddress = 825 Jason Moyo Avenue, Newtown

| city = Kwekwe

| province = Midlands Province

| country = Zimbabwe

| coordinates =

| type = Independent, boarding and day senior school

| denomination = Interdenominational

| opened = 2001

| founder =

| oversight = Goldridge Schools

| headmistress = Mrs Saunyama

| principal = Mr Lovemore Mashanda

| grades = 1-4, Sixth Form

| gender = Co-educational

| campus_type = Suburban

| houses = Mupani, Muonde Musasa

| feeder_schools = Goldridge Primary School

| affiliations = {{ubl|ATS|CHISZ}}

| website = {{URL|www.goldridgecollege.ac.zw}}

| footnotes = {{notelist}}

| logo_size = 120px

| grades_label = Forms

| pupils = 314 (2016){{cite web |url=http://www.atschisz.co.zw/schools-directory/209/goldridge-college/ |title= ATS CHISZ GOLDRIDGE COLLEGE » » Schools Directory |website= ATS CHISZ |publisher= ATS CHISZ |access-date= 1 July 2016}}

| fees = US$2,700 acceptance fee

| annual_tuition = {{ubl|US$ 1800 (day)|US$ 3900(boarding G-Side)|US$375 bus and pool levies}}}}

Goldridge College (or Goldridge) is a co-educational, independent, boarding and day senior school in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe. Opened in 2001, the school is located in the low-density suburb of Newtown and is in close proximity to Kwekwe Sports Club.{{cite web |url= http://www.goldridgecollege.ac.zw/content/welcome-goldridge-college |title= Welcome to Goldridge College |website= Goldridge College |publisher= Goldridge College |access-date= 1 April 2016}} The school is run by the Goldridge Schools Board of Governors, which similarly runs the nearby feeder school, Goldridge Primary.{{cite web |url= http://www.atschisz.co.zw/schools-directory/211/goldridge-primary-school/ |title= ATS CHISZ Goldridge Primary School |website= ATS CHISZ |publisher= ATS CHISZ |access-date= 1 July 2016}}

Goldridge College is a member of the Association of Trust Schools (ATS).The headmaster is a member of the Conference of Heads of Independent Schools in Zimbabwe (CHISZ).{{cite web |url= http://www.atschisz.co.zw/schools-directory/wpbdp_category/senior/ |title= ATS CHISZ Senior » » Schools Directory |website= ATS CHISZ |publisher= ATS CHISZ |access-date= 1 April 2016 |archive-date= 22 December 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151222104653/http://www.atschisz.co.zw/schools-directory/wpbdp_category/senior/ |url-status= dead }}

Academics

Goldridge College is a registered Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) centre. Students write the CIE [http://www.cie.org.uk/programmes-and-qualifications/cambridge-secondary-1/cambridge-checkpoint/ Checkpoint], [http://www.cie.org.uk/programmes-and-qualifications/cambridge-secondary-2/cambridge-igcse/ IGCSE], AS Level and A Level examinations.

Sport

Students are expected to take part in at least one sport each term. Goldridge College offers numerous sports such as athletics, basketball, cross country, cricket, golf,{{cite news|last1=Nhakaniso|first1=Daniel|title=St John’s College win Inter-Schools Golf tourney|url=https://www.thestandard.co.zw/2017/10/13/st-johns-college-win-inter-schools-golf-tourney/|access-date=23 November 2017|work=The Standard|date=13 October 2017}} hockey, netball, rugby, soccer, swimming, and tennis.

Clubs and Cultural Activities

Goldridge College offers the following cultural activities: Drama, Debating, Quiz, Public Speaking, Elocution, Choir, Marimba band and Jazz band.

Goldridge College students are required to attend at least one club activity. The clubs offered include Youth Alive, Chess, Interact, Library, Debate and Public Speaking, Information Communication Technology and Media, Grooming, Interact, Leo Club, Instrumental Music, Scripture Union, Art, SETA Engineering,Junior Achievers, Young Artists Poetry Society, and Mathematics Olympiad.

Alumni

Most of Goldridge College's alumni go on to further their education at tertiary level. Some alumni have been accepted to prestigious universities such as Columbia University in the City of New York, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Cape Town.

Alumni who have attended Goldridge Primary School and Goldridge College are usually referred to as 'Goldridgians'.