to Mrs. Margaret Wanjohi who went on to lead the school until 1999. It was during Mrs Wanjohi's tenure that she was also promoted as the first female Principal of a Kenyan institution. The first woman to serve on the Board of Governors (now known as the Board of Management) was Dr. Eddah Gachukia (1984 - 1988). Following the establishment of three Secondary School Principals’ grades in the 2018 Career Progression Guidelines by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), the school's first headteacher to acquire the title of Chief Principal was Mrs Flora Mulatya. The longest-serving staff member is Mrs. Rebecca Munyeke Kithyoma, who served as school secretary from 1971 to 2019. As part of The Three, The Kenya High School is one of the oldest schools of the former East Africa Protectorate government's European Secondary Boarding Schools, along with Nairobi School (formerly Prince of Wales School) and Lenana School (formerly Duke of York School). All three schools still retain some English/British traditions handed down from the colonial settler era. Admission and Performance As a national school, The Kenya High School admits girls from across Kenya's 47 counties who have performed exceptionally well in the national Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination. Annual enrolment has steadily increased over the years, from around 800 up to the late 1980s/early 1990s to over 1500 as of 2022. The high numbers are a result of Kenya adopting the Policy on Universal Access to Basic Education, which seeks to ensure that all children enrol in primary school and complete their secondary school education with a 100% transition rate. As one of the best public schools in the country, The Kenya High School consistently posts excellent results, often topping the national list of over 10,000 secondary schools: Number Two in KCSE 2016 Number One in KCSE 2019 with 76 students scoring straight As Number Two in KCSE 2020 with 64 As Number Four in KSCE 2021 with 53 As Houses There are ten boarding houses which were originally named after notable women in European history and are now mostly named after Kenyan geographical features and heritage sites. The houses, consisting of dormitories, cubicles and private rooms, are home to about 90% of these students for eight and a half months in a year. Each of the houses accommodates about 150 students; all from the four different class/form levels. The symmetrical architectural design of the school