Pharo Schools / Rwanda

Pharo School Kigali

A growing school moving toward breakeven and a larger, owned campus. Part of the Pharo Schools network, run on a shared pedagogical model.

Pharo School Kigali, Rwanda.

Pharo School Kigali, Rwanda.

Introduction

A Pharo school, built to last.

Pharo School Kigali grew to 290 students in 2025, taking 30 additional students since the start of the academic year, and is preparing to move to a bigger campus.

Pharo School Kigali sits inside one national network of curriculum, assessment and teacher development, so a lesson learned in one school improves the others.

We measure ourselves on whether a child who starts here finishes here, and on what happens to them afterwards.

290
Enrolment
KG–Secondary
Provision
Rwanda
Location
Network
Shared Pharo model
The problem

In Rwanda, a place at a good school is rationed by cost.

Quality schooling is scarce and expensive where we work, and the children with the most potential are the least likely to find a classroom that can develop it.

This is not a shortage of ability. It is a shortage of access to the institutions that turn ability into qualifications and work.

Impact

Our impact

2025 figures, reported in the annual report.

290
Students enrolled
83%
Capacity utilisation
+30
New students mid-year
What we've learnt

What we learnt

01

Continuity beats intensity.

A child who stays for years outperforms one given a single intervention. Keeping students enrolled is where the returns are.

02

Local leadership is not a compromise.

Schools led by people from the community recruit better, retain better and are trusted more.

03

The network multiplies quality.

Shared curriculum, assessment and teacher development mean each school raises the others.

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