(List) Form One Selection 2023; Top 10 Most Preferred National Schools by 2022 KCPE Candidates in 2023
Education CS Ezekiel Machogu has released a list of national schools that are most preferred by 2022 KCPE candidates. Speaking during the release of 2023 form one selection results, the CS noted that Nanyuki High, Pangani Girls and Kabianga High School topped the list of most preferred national schools by KCPE 2022 candidates during form one selection 2023. Click HERE to view the full list.
| S/N | Secondary School | Number of students selecting | Capacity/ No selected |
| 1 | Nanyuki High School | 154,524 | 384 |
| 2 | Kabianga High School | 142,640 | 480 |
| 3 | Pangani Girls | 124,982 | 384 |
| 4 | Nyandarua High School | 123,976 | 288 |
| 5 | Alliance Girls High School | 105,053 | 384 |
| 6 | Maseno School | 104,581 | 528 |
| 7 | Nakuru High School | 100,840 | 336 |
| 8 | Kapsabet Boys High | 95,642 | 384 |
| 9 | Butere Girls High School | 94,774 | 432 |
| 10 | Mbooni Girls High | 93,515 | 240 |
| 11 | Mang’u High School | 93,271 | 384 |
| 12 | Alliance High School | 87,229 | 384 |
| 13 | Kisumu Girls High School | 86,456 | 384 |
| 14 | Nakuru Girls High School | 85,764 | 240 |
| 15 | Moi Girls High School, Eldoret | 85,494 | 336 |
| 16 | Totals | 1,578,741 | 5,568 |
All the KCPE 2022 Top 15 candidates who scored between 425 KCPE marks and the highest points – 431 – have been called to join national schools.
FORM ONE PLACEMENT 2022
During the 2022 form one placement, Alliance High School 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, was placed at the Kenya High School. Kerubo was 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 also absorbed 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 national schools the Top 14 candidates KCPE 2021 candidates were called to join in May 2022:
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
| S/N | Secondary School | Number of students selecting | Capacity/ No selected |
| 1 | Nanyuki High School | 154,524 | 384 |
| 2 | Kabianga High School | 142,640 | 480 |
| 3 | Pangani Girls | 124,982 | 384 |
| 4 | Nyandarua High School | 123,976 | 288 |
| 5 | Alliance Girls High School | 105,053 | 384 |
| 6 | Maseno School | 104,581 | 528 |
| 7 | Nakuru High School | 100,840 | 336 |
| 8 | Kapsabet Boys High | 95,642 | 384 |
| 9 | Butere Girls High School | 94,774 | 432 |
| 10 | Mbooni Girls High | 93,515 | 240 |
| 11 | Mang’u High School | 93,271 | 384 |
| 12 | Alliance High School | 87,229 | 384 |
| 13 | Kisumu Girls High School | 86,456 | 384 |
| 14 | Nakuru Girls High School | 85,764 | 240 |
| 15 | Moi Girls High School, Eldoret | 85,494 | 336 |
| 16 | Totals | 1,578,741 | 5,568 |
The Education Ministry, while announcing the placement results on Monday, April 11, said 38,797 pupils were placed in national schools, 214 960 extra-county schools, 218,456 county schools, 726,311 sub-county schools, 2,045 special needs secondary schools, and 9,128 at refugee camp schools.
The Education Ministry said 1,209,697 pupils were placed in secondary schools. In the 2021 KCPE exam, 1,214,031 sat the exam. This means that 4,334 wrote the exam, but were not placed in secondary schools despite Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha saying that 100 percent primary-to-secondary transition was met.
Our Media team, however, understands that there’s a category of candidates who can’t be selected to join secondary schools due to certain reasons including confinement in correctional facilities.
