St. Peter’s Senior Secondary School, Nsambya

About

St. Peter’s Senior Secondary School, Nsambya (SPENSA) is a government-aided, mixed day secondary school on Nsambya Hill in Kampala, offering both O-Level and A-Level education under the Uganda National Curriculum. The school traces its roots to 1907, when the Mill Hill Missionaries founded a mission school on the site, using what later became known locally as the “Fort Jesus” building as its first classroom block. It was recognised as a full Senior Secondary School in 1948 and became government-aided in 1983, and today sits under the foundation body of the Archdiocese of Kampala.

The school’s own site describes it as “a school with a mission and a heart,” committed to “quality education rooted in faith, discipline and hardwork,” and pairs that with one of the country’s oldest continuous school traditions: in 1909 it formed Uganda’s first brass band, still active today alongside a long-standing football and baseball programme. With more than 2,000 students currently enrolled, it is one of Kampala’s larger Catholic-founded day schools.

Curriculum: Uganda National Curriculum, O-Level and A-Level.