Matric 2021 Awards to Schools

Western Cape Education Department
National Senior Certificate Examinations 2021

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 Schools

Category 1A: 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 2019 to 2021. The criteria also include consistency in the number of Grade 12 candidates over the 3 year period from 2019 to 2021.

1. Silikamva High School


2. Somerset High School


3. Elswood Sekondêre Skool


4. Mount View Secondary School


5. Intshukumo Secondary School


6. Ned Doman High School


7. Luhlaza Secondary School


8. Sizimisele Secondary School


9. Masakheke Combined School


10. Parkdene Secondary School

Category 1B: Most Improved Technical High School

1. Intshukumo Secondary School

Category 1C: 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 2019 to 2021. The criteria also include consistency in number of Grade 12 candidates over the 3 year period from 2019 to 2021.

1. Silikamva High School


2. Sea Point High School


3. Delft Technical High School


4. Hoërskool Albertinia


5. Somerset High School


6. Elswood Sekondêre Skool


7. Vuyiseka Secondary School


8. Pelican Park High School


9. Jan Kriel-Skool


10. Darul Arqam Islamic High School

Category 1D: Improvement and excellence in individual subjects

Improvement

For Mathematics, this is awarded to ONE school in the province that obtained the highest score when combining the following: change in percentage of candidates in the cohort taking Mathematics, the change in the pass rate for Mathematics, the change in the subject average for Mathematics and the change in the number of candidates taking Mathematics. Minimum enrolment of 30 candidates is required.

Improvement in Mathematics: Dr Nelson R. Mandela High School

Improvement in Physical Sciences: Simanyene 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 2021, compared to their subject average in 2020. Minimum enrolment of 30 candidates is required.

Improvement in English HL: Symphony Sekondêre Skool

Improvement in Afrikaans HL: Hoërskool Ladismith

Improvement in Xhosa HL: Fezekile 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 candidates 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 candidates taking Mathematics and Physical Sciences. (Weighting the same for all four criteria)

Excellence in Mathematics: Diocesan College

Excellence in Physical Sciences: Claremont High School

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 2021 and had the highest average in English Home Language, Afrikaans Home Language and Xhosa Home Language in 2021. (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 2: 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 2021.

2A: The top three Technical High Schools are:

1. Langenhoven Gimnasium


2. Hoër Tegniese Skool Drostdy


3. Hoërskool Labori

2B: The top three schools with an NSC enrolment of less than 30 candidates are:

1. Somerset West Private School


2. Shalom Akademie


3. Star College Cape Town

2C: 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, using an inclusive basket of quality criteria, in 2021 are:

1. Herschel Girls School


2. Westerford High School


3. Diocesan College


4. Hoër Meisieskool Bloemhof


5. Springfield Convent of the Holy Rosary


6. Rustenburg Girls’ High School


7. Claremont High School


8. Star College Bridgetown


9. Rondebosch Boys’ High School


10. Rhenish Girls’ High School


11. Paarl Girls’ High School


12. Wynberg Girls’ High School


13. Paul Roos Gimnasium


14. SA College High School


15. Hoër Meisieskool La Rochelle


16. Herzlia High School


17. Parklands College


18. Cannons Creek School


19. Wynberg Boys’ High School


20. Oakdale Landbouskool