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Lydia and Mwansa Folotiya c. 1984

As far back as 1973, Rhodes Park Nursery School was bought by a young Zambian Lawyer, Mwansa Folotiya and his wife Lydia. Situated at 42 Joseph Mwilwa Road, Fairview, in Lusaka’s Rhodes Park suburb, the school had been servicing mainly white members of Lusaka's population since the previous decade. The new owners brought with them a cosmopolitan approach that was in line with the young Zambian nation and began to grow and develop the school.

Primary classes were introduced with a small Grade One class in January 1980. The primary section rapidly grew to overtake the nursery school and by 1986, construction had started on a class block at the Sibweni Road Campus in Northmead. Secondary classes soon followed and Rhodes Park is now one of the longest established private schools in the country and has a pupil population of approx 1,500, with over 80 teachers and 51 classes and a distinguished reputation for excellent teaching all the subjects we offer.

The school reopened its doors to secondary education in 1997 and has never looked back since then. We had our first two Grade Twelve classes in 2001. They did very well in their final examinations and helped to set pace for the wonderful and improved achievements of the classes that followed in subsequent years.

Over the past 19 years, Rhodes Park has achieved excellent Grade Seven and Nine results as we achieving similarly high grades at Grade Twelve level over the past 7 years.

Old Nursary School Being a limited Company, the School is run on behalf of the shareholders by The Board of Directors, with the Executive Chairman responsible for strategic management, and planning. The day to day running management is handled by our General Manager. She is assisted by the Headteacher, Chief Accountant and Administrative Manager.

The School operates under a licence from the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Zambia under the Education Act.

The future as Rhodes Park enters the new decade looks promising indeed. With new methodologies, new facilities and an ever improving outlook, things can only get better.