In a nutshell;

Form One Selection 2023-2024: The release of form one placement results is a transitional period for all KCPE candidates willing to fill available form one placement vacancies in the various national, extra county, county, and sub-county secondary schools. During form one selection, there is stiff competition among KCPE candidates to join KCSE top-performing national and extra county secondary schools in Kenya.

2023/2024 Form 0ne Selection Key Facts and Statistics

Form One Selection Results for Top KCPE Candidates 2023

All the 15 candidates who scored between 425 KCPE marks and the highest points – 428 – have been called to join national schools.

Alliance High School last time absorbed the best pupil nationally, Magata Bruce Mackenzie, as well as George Morris Otieno, who scored 425 KCPE marks.

Bruce sat his exam at Gilgil Hills Academy in Nakuru County, whereas George Morris wrote the national test at the Hill School.

The best female candidate, Momanyi Ashley Kerubo, who sat the KCPE exam at Makini School, Kibos, and scored 427 KCPE marks, has been placed at the Kenya High School. Kerubo will be joined at the Kenya High School by Wekesa Naomi Neema of White Star Academy, Nairobi (426 marks) and Kwoma Charity Buyanzi of Holy Family Misikhu Girls, Bungoma (426 marks).

The Alliance Girls’ High School will absorb two top performers – Diana Rose Matolo (425 KCPE marks; Fesbeth Academy, Kakamega) and Mbugua Sharon Wairimu (426 KCPE marks; Emmanuel Academy, Nyeri).

Below is the full list of the schools the Top 14 candidates have been called to join:

1. Magata Bruce Mackenzie (428; Gilgil Hills Academy, Nakuru) – Alliance High School

2. Momanyi Ashley Kerubo (427; Makini School Kibos, Kisumu) – Kenya High School

3. Kwoma Charity Buyanzi (426; Holy Family Misikhu Girls, Bungoma) – Kenya High School

4. Mbugua Sharon Wairimu (426; Emmanuel Academy, Nyeri) – Alliance Girls’ High School

5. Mueti Shantel Ndinda (426; Kitengela International School, Kajiado) – Maryhill Girls’ High School

6. Stanley Otieno Omondi (426; Rophine Field Junior School, Nairobi) – Maseno School

7. Wekesa Naomi Neema (426; White Star Academy, Nairobi) – Kenya High School

8. Kimani Ethan Karuga (426; Stepping Stones Preparatory, Thika in Kiambu) – Murang’a High School

9. Njeru Joel Musyoka (425; Nyangwa Primary School, Embu) – Meru School

10. Kiriinya Muriuki Victor (425; PCEA Mwimbi Boarding School, Tharaka Nithi) – Mang’u High School

11. Diana Rose Matolo (425; Fesbeth Academy, Kakamega) – Alliance Girls’ High School

12. Kaberia Emmanuel Munene (425; New Bambini School, Thika in Kiambu) – Mang’u High School

13. Emmanuel Kiplagat Ng’etich (425; Moi Primary School Kabarak, Nakuru) – Kapsabet High School

14. George Morris Otieno (425; Hill School) – Alliance High School

List of most preferred secondary schools by the 2021-2022 form one students

Some of the most popular secondary schools by the 2021/2022 KCPE candidates encompass Nanyuki High, Kabianga High, Pangani Girls, Nyandarua High, Alliance Girls, Maseno School, Nakuru High among others. For a full list of the most popular secondary schools among KCPE candidates, check the table below;

List of most preferred secondary schools