What are the top 10 private schools in South Africa?

Here are the top 10 best-performing private schools in South Africa:

  1. St Mary’s DSG
  2. Roedean School for Girls
  3. Diocesan School for Girls
  4. St Cyprian’s
  5. St Mary’s Waverly
  6. Bishops
  7. Somerset College
  8. The Wykeham Collegiate
  9. St John’s College
  10. Michaelhouse

Which Are The Most Expensive Private Schools In South Africa?

The following is a list of the most expensive day schools in South Africa in 2022 and their fees per year:

  • Kearsney College – R 209 000
  • St John’s College – R 179 000
  • Roedean School – R 176 204
  • Bishops Diocesan College – R 170 520
  • Clifton College – R 167 798
  • Crawford College Sandton –  R 164 470
  • St Alban’s College – R 163 650
  • St Mary’s School – R 163 550
  • Reddam Waterfall / Helderfontein – R 162 495
  • St Stithians College – R 162 110

What Are The Top 10 Best Schools In South Africa?

The top 10 best schools in South Africa regardless of whether they are private or public are the following:

  1. Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool
  2. Star College Cape Town
  3. Al-Falaah College
  4. Inkamana School, Vryheld
  5. Holy Family College
  6. Sama High
  7. Colleglate Girls High
  8. Westville Girls High
  9. Inanda Seminary School
  10. Hoërskool Linden

Who Got 10 Distinctions?

The 2022 Matric results saw 18-year-old Jade Harrison achieving 10 distinctions. Her average mark was 88.3%. Jade got distinctions in the following subjects:

  1. Afrikaans
  2. English
  3. Life Orientation
  4. Life Sciences
  5. Mathematics
  6. Physical Sciences
  7. Visual Arts
  8. Advanced Programme English
  9. Advanced Programme Mathematics

Who Are The Top Matric Schools In South Africa?

Here are the top Matric Schools in South Africa in 2021:

SCHOOL NO. OF DISTINCTIONS
10 9 8 7 6
SAHETI School 2 7 – – –
Redhill School – 2 5 5 5
Southdowns College High school – – 6 – –
Crawford International School – Pretoria 1 3 7 9 –
Crawford International School – Lonehill – – 9 – –
Crawford International School – North Coast – – 1 3 –
Trinity House High School – – 2 8 –
Glenwood house College – – – 4 –
Elkanah House – – 2 3 –
Tyger Valley College High School – – – 2 –
Brainline – – – 2 –
St Andrews College – – – – 1

Which Province Had The Highest Pass Rate In South Africa 2021?

The Free State had the highest pass rate in the National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination results in 2021. The pass rate of the Free State was 85.7%. This is an improvement of 0.6% from the 20202 results. Here is the full list of the provincial performances:

PROVINCE PASS RATE (%) -/+ (% 2021)
1. Free State 85.7 +0.6
2. Gauteng 82.8 -1.0
3. Western Cape 81.2 +1.3
4. North West 78.2 +2.0
5. Kwazulu-Natal 76.8 -0.8
6. Mpumalanga 73.6 -0.1
7. Eastern Cape 73.0 +4.9
8. Northern Cape 71.4 +5.4
9. Limpopo 66.7 -1.5
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How Many Private Schools Are There In South Africa?

There are about 1 600 private schools in South Africa. The majority of these schools are in Gauteng and Western Cape provinces. In addition to these private schools, there are about 26 000 public schools in South Africa.

Which Province Has Most Schools In South Africa?

The Province of KwaZulu-Natal has the most schools in South Africa. The table below shows the number of schools in each South African province according to Statista:

PROVINCE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
1. KwaZulu-Natal 6 022
2. Eastern Cape 5 341
3. Limpopo 3 855
 4. Gauteng 2 941
 5. Mpumalanga 1 785
6. Western Cape 1 755
7. North West 1 539
8. Free State 1 071
9. Northern Cape 585

Which Is The Most Expensive School In South Africa?

The most expensive private school is Hilton College. Here are the other most expensive private schools in South Africa.

  • Hilton College
  • Rodean School for Girls
  • St John’s College
  • Kearsney College
  • Michael House
  • St Andrew’s College
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Which School Was The Top Achiever In Each Province In 2021?

Here are the best achieving schools in each province in 2021 ranked by the number of students that passed:

PROVINCE SCHOOL NO. OF PASSES
KwaZulu-Natal Phumanyowa High 350
Gauteng Province Hoërskool Waterkloof 316
Western Cape Bellville High School 201
Free State Eunice Secondary School 163
Eastern Cape Ulwazi High School 161
North West Wesvalia High School 136
Northern Cape Hoërskool Hopetown 14
Mpumalanga Highveld Muslim Combine 7

What Are The Top 10 Schools In The World?

Here are the best schools in the world based on academic reputation, graduation rate, and school rankings among others:

  • Harvard University
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Stanford University
  • University of California
  • The University of Oxford
  • Columbia University
  • California Institute of Technology
  • University of Washington
  • The University of Cambridge
  • Johns Hopkins University

Which Is The Oldest School In South Africa?

Below is a list of the oldest schools in South Africa:

SCHOOL LOCATION  YEAR ESTABLISHED
LR Schmidt Morawiese Primêre Skool Genadendal, Western Cape 1738
Bontebok Primêre Skool Swellendam, Western Cape 1751
Wagenmakersvallei Primêre Skool Wellington, Western Cape 1796
Mamre Morawiese Primêre Skool Mamre, Western Cape 1808
Outeniqua Hoër – en Laerskool George, Western Cape 1812
Pacaltsdorp Primêre Skool Pacaltsdorp, Western Cape 1813
Swellendam Hoër – en Laerskool Swellendam, Western Cape 1814
Simon’s Town School Cape Town, Western Cape 1815
Bathurst Primary School Bathurst, Eastern Cape 1820
Sentraal Hoërskool Beaufort West, Western Cape 1821
Muir College Uitenhage, Eastern Cape 1822
Paul Roos Gimnasium Stellenbosch, Western Cape 1822
Overberg Hoër – en Laerskool Caledon, Western Cape 1822
Wynberg Boys’ High & Junior Wynberg, Western Cape 1822
Elim Moraviese Primêre Skool Elim, Western Cape 1824

What Are The Best Distance Learning Colleges In South Africa?

Here are some of the best distance learning colleges in South Africa:

  • Matric College
  • Bellview Institute of Distance Learning
  • The Learning Group
  • The Décor School
  • Ember Academy
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Which Country Has The Best Education System?

The country with the best education system is the United States of America. Here are the rankings of the countries with the best education systems in the world:

  1. The United States
  2. The United Kingdom
  3. Germany
  4. Canada
  5. France
  6. Switzerland
  7. Japan
  8. Australia
  9. Sweden
  10. The Netherlands

Which Country Has The Toughest Education?

Korean have the toughest education system. Here are other countries that have the toughest education systems:

  • Japan
  • Singapore
  • Hong Kong
  • Finland

Which Country In Africa Has The Best Education?

The following countries are ranked as having the best education system in Africa:

  1. Seychelles
  2. South Africa
  3. Mauritius
  4. Tunisia
  5. Kenya
  6. Algeria
  7. Ghana
  8. Egypt
  9. Namibia
  10. Libya

Which Country Has No Private School?

Finland has no private schools. All schools in Finland are public-funded. This is because they regard privatisation of education as creating competition instead of cooperation among schools.