Achimota School is regarded as one of the best co-educational school in Ghana. The school offers a broad and balanced GES-based curriculum that meets the needs of all students, with facilities snd needs that enable the teaching and learning of General Science, General Arts, Agricultural Science, Visual Arts, and Home Economics very simple and easy for the student
The school is a category ‘A’ school, located in Achimota in the Greater Accra region of Ghana. Since its founding in 1927, Achimota School has been the measure of education in Ghana.
FOUNDERS
Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg,
Dr. James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey,
The Rev. Alexander Garden Fraser
HOUSES
Slessor House
Livingstone House
Fraser House
Guggisberg House
Stopford House
Kingsley House
The Vision
To be the best school both locally and internationally by training the Head, the Hand and the Heart holistically.
Mission
To educate the total being of boys with girls not just in the academics but to make the best use of the minds and bodies, and have respect for all that is true and of lasting value in the Old African Culture.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Won CSIR 60th Anniversary Quiz In 2018
In 2018, the school was crowned the third best School during the 2017 WASSCE in the Greater Accra region.
Won The National Science & Math Quiz
Competition Twice (1998 And 2004)
Won The Earth Day Debate 2019
Other Achievements
Akora Maud Benson Represented Ghana At The 2018 Chess Olympiad.
Akora Caleb Smith, Was Adjudged
The Best Candidate In General Arts During The 2019 WAEC Excellence Award.
Akora Desiree Nhyira Hayfron Was Adjudged Ghana’s Best Orator 2020 For Winning Inter-School Public Speaking Competition
Akora Afua Manukure Ansah Received The Third Prize During The International Excellence Awards For The WASSCE For School Candidates, 2020.
NOTABLE ALUMNI
The school has educated many Ghanaian prominent leaders, including;
Kwame Nkrumah
Jerry John Rawlings
John Evans Atta Mills
Edward Akufo-Addo
Kofi Abrefa Busia, a former Ghanaian head of government and prime minister
Robert Mugabe
Sir Dawda Jawara, first head of state of The Gambia.