A Catholic school for boys · Bulawayo · Since 1953
Men of character.
Cambridge academics, fourteen sports, four houses and a faith that works: an Edmund Rice education that has formed Bulawayo’s boys into Rhodes Scholars, record-breakers and good men for over seventy years.
The proof, not the promise
- 1953
- Founded in the Edmund Rice tradition
- 3
- Rhodes and Mandela-Rhodes Scholars among the Old Boys
- 47
- Colours Awards for one year's Cambridge results
- 14
- Sports on 30 acres of fields, courts and water
Welcome to the College
The whole boy: mind, body and spirit
Every boy at CBC studies the University of Cambridge curriculum, plays at least one sport a term, belongs to a house, and learns, through morning prayers, Mass and service, what his strength is for. It is a simple formula. It has worked since 1953.
From Form 1 to Upper Sixth, boys are known by name, stretched in the classroom, tested on the field and expected to act, as the motto says, manfully.
About the College
Sport
Every boy plays
Open Day 2026: bring your son and see for yourself
Grade 6 and 7 boys and their parents are invited to tour the College: the pool, the fields, the classrooms and the boys themselves.
The house system
Four houses, four saints, one school
Every boy joins a house named for a patron saint of these islands of faith: Patricians in green, Georgians in red, Davidians in yellow and Andreans in blue. Houses contest athletics, standards, the Form One Camp and the St Patrick’s Day cross-country, and the rivalry is entirely serious.
St Patrick's Day Cross-Country
Most recent recorded result
| Position | House | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Andreans | 747 |
| 2nd | Patricians | 719 |
| 3rd | Davidians | 702 |
| 4th | Georgians | 688 |
The year at CBC
Coming up
Announced each year
Open Day
Grade 6 and 7 boys and their parents tour the College: the pool, the fields, the classrooms and the boys themselves. The 2026 Open Day invitation is out now.
Start of Term 1
Form One Camp
New boys are welcomed into College life through rugby, soccer, cross-country and basketball, a quiz and a treasure hunt, house against house. Davidians took the 2021 title.
On or near 17 March
St Patrick's Day Cross-Country
The whole school runs the College trail in the house marathon that marks our patron's day. Andreans are the reigning recorded champions.
Viriliter Age
“CBC has produced remarkable young men motivated to make a difference in the world.”
Andile Dube, Class of 2013 · Rhodes Scholar, 2020