Matric 2020 Awards to Schools

Western Cape Education Department
National Senior Certificate Examinations 2020

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 2018 to 2020. The criteria also include consistency in the number of Grade 12 candidates over the 3 year period from 2018 to 2020.

1. Sizimisele Secondary School
2. Hillcrest Sekondêre Skool
3. Wallacedene Secondary School
4. Harry Gwala Secondary School
5. Isilimela High School
6. St. Andrew's Secondary School
7. Strandfontein Sekondêre Skool
8. Salt River Secondary School
9. New Eisleben Secondary School
10. Zonnebloem Nest Senior School

 

Category 1B: Most Improved Technical High School

1. Sizimisele 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 2018 to 2020. The criteria also include consistency in number of Grade 12 candidates over the 3 year period from 2018 to 2020.

1. Zonnebloem Nest Senior School
2. Jan Krielskool
3. Elswood Sekondêre Skool
4. Hoërskool Langenhoven
5. Hoërskool Albertinia
6. Hoërskool Zwartberg
7. Kylemore High School
8. Hoërskool Labori
9. Worcester Gimnasium
10. Hoërskool President

 

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: Soneike High 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 2020, compared to their subject average in 2019. Minimum enrolment of 30 candidates is required.

Improvement in English HL: Heideveld Sekondêre Skool

Improvement in Afrikaans HL: Sarepta Sekondêre Skool

Improvement in Xhosa HL: Desmond Mpilo Tutu Secondary School | Masiphumelele High 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 2020 and had the highest average in English Home Language, Afrikaans Home Language and Xhosa Home Language in 2020. (Weighting of 50% for each of the two criteria).

Excellence in English HL: Herschel Girls School

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 two Technical Schools, the top two 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 2020.

2A: The Top two Technical High Schools are:

1. Hoër Tegniese Skool Drostdy
2. Langenhoven Gimnasium

 

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

1. Cannons Creek Independent School  
2. Somerset West Private School

 

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 in 2020 are:

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