Matric 2019 Awards to Schools
Western Cape Education Department
National Senior Certificate Examinations 2019
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 2017 to 2019. The criteria also include consistency in the number of Grade 12 candidates over the 3 year period from 2017 to 2019.
- St. Andrew's Secondary School
- Tuscany Glen Secondary School
- Harry Gwala Secondary School
- Rosendaal Sekondêre Skool
- Thembelihle High School
- Iqhayiya Secondary School
- Skurweberg Sekondêre Skool
- Percy Mdala High School
- Clanwilliam Sekondêre Skool
- Hillcrest Sekondêre Skool
Category 1B: Most Improved Technical High School
- St. Andrew's 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 2017 to 2019. The criteria also include consistency in number of Grade 12 candidates over the 3 year period from 2017 to 2019.
- Hindle High School
- Jan Krielskool
- Hoërskool Overberg
- Hoërskool Langenhoven
- Chris Hani Secondary School
- Hoërskool Labori
- Leiden Secondary School
- Zonnebloem NEST Senior School
- Hoërskool Bredasdorp
- Weston Sekondêre Skool
Category 1D: 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: Sithembele Matiso Secondary School
Improvement in Physical Sciences: Fezeka 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 2019, compared to their subject average in 2018.
Improvement in English HL: Worcester Gimnasium
Improvement in Afrikaans HL: Hoërskool De Kuilen
Improvement in Xhosa HL: Rhodes 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 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: Rondebosch Boys' High School
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 2019 and had the highest average in English Home Language, Afrikaans Home Language and Xhosa Home Language in 2019. (Weighting of 50% for each of the two criteria).
Excellence in English HL: Hoër Meisieskool Bloemhof
Excellence in Afrikaans HL: Hoër Meisieskool Paarl
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 2019.
2A: The Top three Technical High Schools are:
- Langenhoven Gimnasium
- Hoër Tegniese Skool Drostdy
- Hoërskool Labori
2B: The top three schools with an NSC enrolment of less than 30 candidates are:
- Star College – Cape Town
- Michael Oak Waldorf School
- Somerset West Private School
Category 3: 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 2019 are:
- Westerford High School
- Rustenburg Girls’ High School
- Star College – Bridgetown
- Herschel Girls School
- Springfield Convent of the Holy Rosary
- Rondebosch Boys’ High School
- Hoër Meisieskool Bloemhof
- Diocesan College
- Rhenish Girls’ High School
- Claremont High School
- Paul Roos Gimnasium
- Herzlia High School
- Hoër Meisieskool Paarl
- S.A. College High School
- Hoër Meisieskool La Rochelle
- Wynberg Girls’ High School
- Hoërskool D.F. Malan
- Parklands College
- Parel Vallei High School
- St. George’s Grammar School