Catholic Schools Office
Archdiocese of Pretoria and 
Diocese of Johannesburg

Telephone
011 477 7611  

Physical Address
14 Riversdale Street
Coronationville, 2092  

Fees
R10050 (2010 figures)

History and Founding
St Theresa’s Convent School is a private Catholic school situated in Coronationville, just north of Industria. We are celebrating 60 years of excellence in independent education.

The school’s history goes back to the first school opened by the Holy Family Sisters in 1887, one year after the discovery of gold, in the new church on the corner of Fox and Smal Street, Johannesburg. The school developed into a Parochial High School and later moved to End Street, Doorfontein. The property in Fox street was sold and became the Brewery, but is now part of the site of Carlton Centre. This school was commonly known as the President Street School when it moved to President Street in 1889.

By order of the Nationalist Government the school had to move and offered the church a new school site in Coronationville and plans were made to move the school from president Street in 1949.  The mixed race school had to be segregated and the school was forced to only accept coloured children.  St Theresa’s Convent was build on its current site with the school and the convent adjacent to each other. The girls’ only high school was run by the Holy Family Sisters until 1952 when the school reverted into a co-ed Primary school.  Through the years the school continued to flourish and established a rich cultural and educational history.

In 1995 the new buildings were erected and the school’s numbers grew. Today the school serves children from the areas of Coronationville, Newclare, Westbury, Bosmont, Riverlea, Florida, Eldorado Park, Ennerdale and Soweto. The school is registered with the Gauteng Department of Education as an Independent Catholic School as well as the Catholic Institute for Education and the Catholic School’s Office

Motto
For God, in Peace and Joy

Current enrolment
368 (2010 figures)
Boys and girls - Grade 0 to Grade 7

Facilities
Prayer room, library, music centre, afternoon care, tuckshop, extra-curricular tuition (gymnastics, ballroom dancing, karate), soccer field, 2 netball courts, 2 tennis courts, cricket oval, 2 basketball courts, gym, dance room

Extra-murals
Basketball (boys), soccer, cricket, mini-cricket, pitch-hit-run, baseball, swimming, cross country, athletics, ball skills (Foundation Phase), board games, candle making, recorder, Zulu for beginners, beadwork, art, Bible study

Principal
Dr Deon Oerson

Postal Address
PO Box 88741
Newclare, 2112

Fax: 011 673 1614

E-mail: st_theresas@mweb.co.za

Website: http://www.sttheresa.co.za

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS OFFICE OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF PRETORIA AND THE ARCHDIOCESE OF JOHANNESBURG
PRETORIA w Jolivet House, 140 Visagie Street w PO Box 8149 Pretoria 0001 w Tel 012 321 2049, 012 348 3197 w Fax 012 348 8280 w E-mail  rendol@netactive.co.za
JOHANNESBURG w The Haven w St Vincent School for the Deaf w Jellicoe Avenue, Melrose w PO Box 2635 Saxonwold 2132 w Tel 011 447 9219/9211 w Fax 011 447 9129 w E-mail  info@cso.za.org