All those receiving awards today will have, at some point or another, have struggled, have hit a challenge that required them to dig deep, increase the effort. As US President Teddy Roosevelt said, “Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, and difficulty.” Back in 2006 I was […]

When Dennis Levet was six in 1930, his father decided it was time the boy started schooling and so the idea of a school on the farm was born. The Levets lived on the land that is now St Andrew’s Turi and had children of school age but no school to send them to.  Will […]

Anti Bullying Quality Mark has recognised the school’s anti-bullying efforts and awarded us the Gold Anti-bullying quality mark . The Gold award is only achievable after schools have secured the bronze and silver levels. This requires schools to demonstrate that anti-bullying is an essential element of ongoing school improvement, has a positive impact on safety, well-being, […]

I went to Turi in 1971 as a seven year old and left in 1976 to go to boarding school in England. I was never one of the top sportsmen at Turi – the extracurricular activities of acting in school plays (The Mikado, Jonah and the whale spring to mind…) and the Boy Scouts were […]

Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ (Matthew 25:40 NIV) As we observed our termly Love in Action Charity Day last week, we were reminded of the sobering words of this verse. The verse is part of a passage […]

As far as winning goes, it is easy to say that St Andrew’s School, Turi has been winning for the last nearly 100 years; based on the mere element of surviving and thriving this long. By surviving we mean making it through minimal resources, the depression (when sometimes fees came in the form of maize), […]

Something that is not spoken about enough when it comes evaluating the quality of education is the social aspect of school life; meeting, knowing and learning to get along with our peers. The linear nature of physical growth means that in the earlier stages of life our companions are comprised of those who are similar […]

St Andrew’s School, Turi congratulates our senior school students for their exemplary performance in this year’s A and AS Levels; and GCSE exams.

Upgrading the Art Scene in Turi through Friends from Mukuru. Mukuru Art Collective is a great initiative that aims at fostering and nurturing children and youth who have a predisposition for art.