Academic calendar
Christmas Term 2026 runs Aug 26, 2026 – Dec 9, 2026. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Christmas Term 2026Relevant now
- Easter Term 2027
- Trinity Term 2027
Campus language
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B
- BTEC
- Vocational qualifications offered as an alternative to A-Levels in the Senior School.
D
- Dining Hall
- The central facility where all communal meals are served.
E
- Exeat
- A scheduled weekend break where students are permitted to leave the school campus to visit home.
F
- Founders
- Founders House, a senior boys' boarding house.
G
- Gating
- A disciplinary consequence where a student's movement is restricted to the house or campus.
H
- Half-term
- The one-week break in the middle of each academic term.
I
- I/GCSE
- The international curriculum followed by students in Years 10 and 11.
K
- Kifaru
- Kifaru House, a senior boys' boarding house.
L
- LAMDA
- London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, referring to speech and drama lessons and exams.
M
- MUN
- Model United Nations, a popular co-curricular activity at the College.
N
- Ndovu
- Ndovu House, one of the senior girls' boarding houses.
- Nyala
- Nyala House, a senior girls' boarding house.
P
- Prep
- The designated period in the evening set aside for supervised homework and independent study.
T
- Tembo
- Tembo House, one of the senior boys' boarding houses.
- Tuck
- The school tuck shop where students can purchase snacks and small items.
- Turi
- The common shorthand name used by students, staff, and alumni to refer to the school.
- Twiga
- Twiga House, one of the senior girls' boarding houses.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- Pocket Money
- Funds managed by the school or houseparents for student use at the tuck shop.
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- Prep School Dining Hall
- senior_school_dining_room
- Senior School Dining Room
- Sunday Best
- The formal version of the school uniform required for Sunday chapel services.
- Term Dates
- The strictly followed calendar that dictates when students must be on campus versus at home.
- The Chapel
- The central place of worship and community gathering, reflecting the school's Christian foundation.
- The College
- Refers to the St Andrew’s Senior School section of the campus.
- The Prep
- Refers to the St Andrew’s Preparatory School section of the campus.
- The San
- The Sanatorium, the on-campus medical center staffed by nurses.
- The Turi Bus
- The official school transport service that ferries students between Nairobi and the school at the start and end of terms.
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Christmas Term 2026 runs Aug 26, 2026 – Dec 9, 2026.
- How much campus context is included?
- 17 approved campus terms and 10 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.