Chaplin High School is situated in Gweru, Zimbabwe, and was started in October 1902.

The school caters for boys and girls from form 1–6 and has boarders and day scholars.

The following January, 16 children moved to the current school grounds.

In 1911, the government built a schoolhouse which was the first school hostel in the country.

In 1937, the seniors and the juniors were separated, which was the start of Cecil John Rhodes Primary School.