The debating squad has been one of the strongest in not just Maritzburg, but KZN. The school has been PMB and KZN Grand Champions at least five times within the past ten years. The 2010 Junior A team won the PMB and KZN finals of their year. Numerous KZN speakers have represented the school at national level, and have ranked no lower than 25th in SA each time. In 2010, a grade 9 student on KZN Junior A- ranked first in South Africa at the National Schools’ Debating Championship which was hosted at Treverton. In recent years from 2018 and 2019 , Alexandra high school debaters have reached almost every final in all age groups. There're has been 4 students that have now gone represent the both the national and provincial debating team in recent years.The school has coaching twice a week per squad.