Staatsmodelschool, Educational building in Pretoria, South Africa

Staatsmodelschool is a two-storey school building on the corner of Lilian Ngoyi (formerly Van der Walt) and Nana Sita (formerly Skinner) Streets in Pretoria. Designed by Sytze Wierda in 1895 and completed by Te Groen in 1896, it is built of brick and Stinkwater sandstone in the Neo Dutch Renaissance style.

The school opened in 1893 to train teachers for the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek. Sytze Wierda designed the building in 1895 and Te Groen completed it in 1896. It closed on 11 October 1899 at the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War, when it became a hospital for Boer soldiers and a prison for British officers; Winston Churchill, then a war correspondent, escaped from it. From 1902 to 1909 it housed the Pretoria College for Boys, and in 1951 the Transvaal Education Department's library services moved in. It was declared a national monument on 8 April 1960.

The school's name, Staats Model School, refers to its role as a model teacher-training institution for the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek. Its English master, Alfred Fernandez Harington, was appointed on 1 October 1895. The building later housed the Hamilton Primary School in 1946, named after benefactor Robert Hamilton.

The building stands on the corner of Lilian Ngoyi (formerly Van der Walt) and Nana Sita (formerly Skinner) Streets in central Pretoria. It has housed the Transvaal Education Department's library services since 1951, so it is a working administrative building rather than a museum; visitors view the Neo Dutch Renaissance facade from the street.

During the Anglo-Boer War, the building served as a detention facility for British officers before returning to its educational purpose. This military use left an important mark on Pretoria's local history.