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

S/N	Secondary School	Top KCPE Candidates Name-2023	Top KCPE Candidates Name-2022	KCPE Mark (2021 KCPE)	Former Primary School/ KCPE Mark	Number of students selecting	Capacity/ No selected
1	Alliance High School		Magata Bruice Mackenzie	428	Gilgil Hills Academy	154,524	384
	Alliance High School		George Morris	425	Hill School Academy	154,524	384
2	Kenya High School		Momanyi Ashley Kerubo	427	Makini School, Kibos
	Kenya High School		Kwoma Charity Buyanzi	426	Holy Family Misikhu Girls Bungoma
	Kenya High School		Wekesa Naomi Neema	426	White Star Academy School Lang’ata
3	Alliance Girls High		Diana Rose Matolo	425	Fesbeth Academy Kakamega	105,053	384
	Alliance Girls High		Mbugua Sharon Wairimu	426	Emmanuel Academy Nyeri	105,053	384
4	Mary Hill Girls High		Shantel Ndinda Mueti	426	Kitengela International School
5	Maseno School		Stanley Otieno Omondi	426	Rophine Field Junior School	104,581	528
6	Murang’a High School		Kimani Ethan Karuga	426	Stepping Stones Preparatory Thika
5	Meru High School		Njeru Joel Musyoka	425	Nyangwa Pimary School
6	Mang’u High School		Kiriinya Muriuki Victor	425	PCEA Mwimbi Boarding School, Tharaka Nithi	93,271	384
7	Kapsabet Boys High School		Emmanuel Kiplang’at Ng’etich	425	Moi Primary School Kabarak
8	Kabianga High School					142,640	480
9	Pangani Girls					124,982	384
10	Nyandarua High School					123,976	288
11	Nakuru High School					100,840	336
12	Kapsabet Boys High					95,642	384
13	Butere Girls High School					94,774	432
14	Mbooni Girls High					93,515	240
15	Alliance High School					87,229	384
16	Kisumu Girls High School					86,456	384
17	Nakuru Girls High School					85,764	240
18	Moi Girls High School, Eldoret					85,494	336
19	Totals					1,578,741	5,568

 

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