Public senior school

Coulson Secondary School

A C3 mixed boarding senior school in Gilgil sub-county, Nakuru County. It offers STEM, Social Sciences and Arts & Sports Science, with 5 subject combinations.

School details admission facts are for the 2026 intake

Cluster
C3
Gender
Mixed
Boarding or day
Boarding
2026 fees

2026 public boarding-school parent fee ceiling: KSh 53,554 or KSh 40,535, depending on the school's previously approved tier. This school's tier is not listed here.

Government-set schedule, not an individual school invoice.
Next placements

Not released yet for the January 2027 intake. Last year: 19 December 2025. KEMIS placement portal · Get an alert when they’re released.

KCSE results 2018–2022

Coulson Secondary School scored a mean of 3.86 (D+) in KCSE 2022, 0.6 points below the national average, up from 3.55 in 2021. Over 2018–2022 it ranks 34th of 50 schools in Nakuru County with 3 or more years of published results.

20222021202020192018
Mean3.8603.5503.4304.2203.780
GradeD+D+DD+D+
Candidates362014930

Pathways and subject combinations checked 15 October 2026

STEM3 combinationsPure Sciences 1 · Applied Sciences 2
Pure Sciences · 1Biology, Chemistry, PhysicsST1048
Applied Sciences · 2Agriculture, Business Studies, General ScienceST2049
Agriculture, Geography, PhysicsST2075
Social Sciences1 combinationHumanities & Business Studies 1
Humanities & Business Studies · 1Business Studies, Geography, History & CitizenshipSS2025
Arts & Sports Science1 combinationSports 1
Sports · 1General Science, Sports & Recreation, Theatre & FilmAS2038

Subjects in these combinations · 10

Agriculture, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, General Science, Geography, History & Citizenship, Physics, Sports & Recreation, Theatre & Film

Senior schools in Nakuru County offering STEM · Social Sciences · Arts & Sports Science

School figures most recent counts

Students enrolled
225
Classrooms
5
Laboratories
3
Computer laboratories
0
Libraries
0

Codes and registration

KNEC code
27570205
UIC
J6BT
Level
Senior school
Ownership
Public

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Data sources

The public senior-school list supplies this profile's classification and codes. It does not give coordinates or a school-specific fee invoice.

Register, pathways and fees

  1. Ministry of Education Grade 10 selection portal (KEMIS) pathways, combinations, emblem · checked 15 October 2026
  2. December 2025 senior-school list, row 990 checked 1 October 2026
  3. Kenya Gazette Notice No. 1449 2026 fee schedule

KCSE results

  1. The school’s audit reports: every source, on the results page 2018–2022

School profile

  1. Auditor-General’s report for the year ended 30 June 2023