The Banda school is set on a beautiful 30-acre site adjacent to the Nairobi National Park, in the leafy Karen suburb Nairobi. It was started 1966 and has a reputation for outstanding academic, sporting and cultural achievements. It is a co-educational and multi-cultural prep day and weekly boarding school for children between the ages of one and thirteen.It aims to develop excellence in academic achievement, social conduct and moral values and to ensure that this learning process is enjoyable and fulfilling for the individual child in a friendly atmosphere. It is one of the most respected prep schools outside the United Kingdom.