Hilton College (Howick)

Hilton College in Hilton, near Howick, KwaZulu-Natal. Four hundred and forty one thousand, seven hundred and sixty six rand. Per year. For Grade 12. That is not school fees, that is a bond repayment. That is a car. That is two cars. That is your uncle's entire life savings that he spent thirty years building, gone in one academic year so your child can learn what, exactly, "self-knowledge, expansion and generosity" in the KZN Midlands mist. And listen to this description they wrote about themselves. "A rare, intentional blend of experiences." Broe. It is a boarding school for boys in Hilton. The most intentional thing happening there is the housemaster confiscating phones at 9pm. They also say 590 "diversely talented young men" but the actual learner count is 600. They cannot even count their own diversely talented young men accurately. Someone is either very new or very lost on that campus. Christian ethos, boys only, boarding, R441k a year. So you are paying nearly half a million rand to send your son to live with other boys, no girls, supervised by men, in the Midlands, in the name of the Lord. And when he comes home for holidays he is going to tell you he found himself. What he found is a very expensive rugby field and a dining hall that serves better food than your house does. Overall verdict: Hilton College is where old money sends its sons to become the kind of men who say "my alma mater" at braais, but genuinely, the grounds are stunning and the matric results probably slap.