Hoërskool Jim Fouché

Hoërskool Jim Fouché is a public Afrikaans medium co-educational high school situated in the suburb of Gardeniapark in Bloemfontein in the Free State province of South Africa. It is one of the top academic schools in the Free State.^[1] It was founded in 1959.^[A]

Hoërskool Jim Fouché
Hoërskool Jim Fouché school crest
Location
Lilac Street, Gardeniapark Bloemfontein , Free State , 9311 South Africa
Coordinates	29.1282°S 26.1758°E / -29.1282; 26.1758
Information
Type	Public & Boarding
Motto	Saai Om te oes! (Sowing to harvest!)
Religious affiliation	Christian
School district	District 4
Principal	Henri Wilken
Teaching staff	67
Grades	8–12
Gender	Boys & Girls
Age	14 to 18
Enrollment	1,064 (2011) 950 (2013) 1068 (2024)
Language	Afrikaans
Schedule	07:20 - 13:40
Hours in school day	6 hours, 20 minutes
Campus	Urban Campus
Colours	Black   Green   Orange   White
Mascot	Jimmy Jenny
Rival	Hoërskool Sentraal Hoërskool Fichardtpark
Accreditation	Free State Department of Education
Newspaper	JF Oester
Website	jf.co.za

The school is a successor to Wilgehof Hoërskool, and was named after Jacobus "Jim" Fouché, who became President of South Africa in 1968.^[A]

Notable alumni

• Leon Schuster (1968, teacher 1973–75)^[2]
• Brendan Peyper (2014), singer
• Jamba Ulengo (born 1990), rugby union player for the Tel Aviv Heat

Notes

1. "Ons Geskiedenis" (in Afrikaans). Hoërskool Jim Fouché. Retrieved 24 February 2014.