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Matric 2018 Awards to Schools

10 January 2019

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.

1Sizimisele Secondary School (Sizimisele Secondary School is also awarded a certificate for the Most Improved Technical High School)
2Simunye Secondary School
3Pacaltsdorp Sekondêre Skool
4Ceres Sekondêre Skool
5Delft Technical High School
6Ashton Sekondêre Skool
7Cape Academy for Maths, Science and Technology
8George Sekondêre Skool
9Klein 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.

1Hoër Landbouskool Oakdale
2Hoërskool Dirkie Uys
3Leiden Secondary School
4Lavender Hill High School
5Ladismith Sekondêre Skool
6Aurial College
7Groenvlei High School
8Hoërskool Porterville
9Saxonsea Secondary School
10Hoërskool 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 MathematicsMasibambisane Secondary School
Improvement in Physical SciencesBardale 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 HLHoërskool Durbanville
Improvement in Afrikaans HLHoërskool Excelsior
Improvement in Xhosa HLZola 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 MathematicsPaul Roos Gimnasium
Excellence in Physical SciencesPaul 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 HLHoër Meisieskool Bloemhof
Excellence in Afrikaans HLHoër Meisieskool Bloemhof
Excellence in Xhosa HLCentre 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:

1Hoër Tegniese Skool Drostdy
2Langenhoven Gimnasium
3Hoërskool Labori

The top three schools with an NSC enrolment of less than 30 candidates are:

1Star College - Cape Town
2St. George's Grammar School
3Cannons 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:

1Herschel Girls School
2Rustenburg Girls' High School
3Hoër Meisieskool Bloemhof
4Westerford High School
5Springfield Convent of the Holy Rosary
6Diocesan College
7Paul Roos Gimnasium
8Rondebosch Boys' High School
8Hoër Meisieskool Paarl
10Rhenish Girls' High School
11Parklands College
12Claremont High School
13S.A. College High School
14Star College - Bridgetown
15Herzlia High School
16Hoër Landbouskool Oakdale
17Wynberg Boys' High School
18Wynberg Girls' High School
19Hoërskool D.F. Malan
20Hoër Meisieskool La Rochelle

Media enquiries:
Jessica Shelver
Spokesperson for the Minister of Education, Debbie Schäfer
Western Cape Education Department
Tel: 076 175 0663