Matric 2018 Awards to Schools
Western Cape Education Department
National Senior Certificate Examinations 2018
Awards to Schools
In the first category, schools are awarded in terms of Improvement in pass rate, greatest increase in the percentage of candidates achieving access to Bachelor's degree studies, improvement and excellence in individual subjects and excellence in academic performance.
In the second category, awards are made to all public, independent and Technical Schools that achieve excellence in academic performance.
All schools will receive a certificate.
Category 1: Most Improved Public schools
Awards will be made to ten (10) public schools with 30 or more candidates that have shown the greatest improvement in pass rate over the period 2016 to 2018. The criteria also include consistency in the number of Grade 12 candidates over the 3 year period from 2016 to 2018.
| 1 | Sizimisele Secondary School (Sizimisele Secondary School is also awarded a certificate for the Most Improved Technical High School) |
| 2 | Simunye Secondary School |
| 3 | Pacaltsdorp Sekondêre Skool |
| 4 | Ceres Sekondêre Skool |
| 5 | Delft Technical High School |
| 6 | Ashton Sekondêre Skool |
| 7 | Cape Academy for Maths, Science and Technology |
| 8 | George Sekondêre Skool |
| 9 | Klein Nederburg Sekondêre Skool |
| 10. | Belgravia Secondary School |
Category 2: Greatest increase in the percentage of Bachelor's passes
Awards will be made to ten (10) schools with 30 or more candidates that have shown the greatest increase in the percentage of candidates achieving access to Bachelor's degree studies over the period 2016 to 2018. The criteria also include consistency in number of Grade 12 candidates over the 3 year period from 2016 to 2018.
| 1 | Hoër Landbouskool Oakdale |
| 2 | Hoërskool Dirkie Uys |
| 3 | Leiden Secondary School |
| 4 | Lavender Hill High School |
| 5 | Ladismith Sekondêre Skool |
| 6 | Aurial College |
| 7 | Groenvlei High School |
| 8 | Hoërskool Porterville |
| 9 | Saxonsea Secondary School |
| 10 | Hoërskool Franschhoek |
Category 3: Improvement and excellence in individual subjects
Improvement
For Mathematics and Physical Sciences, this is awarded to ONE school in the province that obtained the highest score when combining the following: change in percentage of learners in the cohort taking Mathematics and Physical Sciences, the change in the pass rate for Mathematics and Physical Sciences, the change in the subject average for Mathematics and Physical Sciences and the change in the number of learners taking Mathematics and Physical Sciences.
| Improvement in Mathematics | Masibambisane Secondary School |
| Improvement in Physical Sciences | Bardale Secondary School |
For Home languages, this is awarded to ONE school in the province that showed the greatest improvement in the average for English Home Language, Afrikaans Home Language and Xhosa Home Language in 2018, compared to their subject average in 2017.
| Improvement in English HL | Hoërskool Durbanville |
| Improvement in Afrikaans HL | Hoërskool Excelsior |
| Improvement in Xhosa HL | Zola Senior Secondary School |
Excellence
For Mathematics and Physical Sciences, this is awarded to ONE school in the province that obtained the highest score when combining the following: percentage of learners in the cohort taking Mathematics and Physical Sciences, the pass rate for Mathematics and Physical Sciences, the subject average for Mathematics and Physical Sciences and the number of learners taking Mathematics and Physical Sciences. (Weighting the same for all four criteria)
| Excellence in Mathematics | Paul Roos Gimnasium |
| Excellence in Physical Sciences | Paul Roos Gimnasium |
For Excellence in Home languages, this is awarded to ONE school in the province that produced the highest pass rate in English Home Language, Afrikaans Home Language and Xhosa Home Language in 2018 and had the highest average in English Home Language, Afrikaans Home Language and Xhosa Home Language in 2018. (Weighting of 50% for each of the two criteria).
| Excellence in English HL | Hoër Meisieskool Bloemhof |
| Excellence in Afrikaans HL | Hoër Meisieskool Bloemhof |
| Excellence in Xhosa HL | Centre of Science and Technology |
Category 4: Excellence in Academic Performance
In this category, awards are presented to the top three Technical Schools, the top three schools in the province with an NSC enrolment of less than 30 candidates and the top 20 schools with 30 or more candidates that have achieved excellence in academic results in 2018.
The Top three Technical High Schools are:
| 1 | Hoër Tegniese Skool Drostdy |
| 2 | Langenhoven Gimnasium |
| 3 | Hoërskool Labori |
The top three schools with an NSC enrolment of less than 30 candidates are:
| 1 | Star College - Cape Town |
| 2 | St. George's Grammar School |
| 3 | Cannons Creek School |
The top 20 schools in the province with an NSC enrolment of 30 or more candidates (including independent schools) that have achieved excellence in academic results in 2018 are:
| 1 | Herschel Girls School |
| 2 | Rustenburg Girls' High School |
| 3 | Hoër Meisieskool Bloemhof |
| 4 | Westerford High School |
| 5 | Springfield Convent of the Holy Rosary |
| 6 | Diocesan College |
| 7 | Paul Roos Gimnasium |
| 8 | Rondebosch Boys' High School |
| 8 | Hoër Meisieskool Paarl |
| 10 | Rhenish Girls' High School |
| 11 | Parklands College |
| 12 | Claremont High School |
| 13 | S.A. College High School |
| 14 | Star College - Bridgetown |
| 15 | Herzlia High School |
| 16 | Hoër Landbouskool Oakdale |
| 17 | Wynberg Boys' High School |
| 18 | Wynberg Girls' High School |
| 19 | Hoërskool D.F. Malan |
| 20 | Hoër Meisieskool La Rochelle |
Media enquiries:
Jessica Shelver
Spokesperson for the Minister of Education, Debbie Schäfer
Western Cape Education Department
Tel: 076 175 0663