Surrey Primary School

General information

Surrey Primary school was established, with the intention of eliminating afternoon classes that were held at neighbouring schools. The staff consisted of forty educators with a learner enrolment of more than 1050. With such a number of learners, one can clearly see that there was a dire need for more schools in the community. The learners were mainly from the Surrey Estate and Manenberg areas but after the nation-wide uprising of 1976, Surrey was one of the first schools to welcome learners from Nyanga and Gugulethu.