2022 matric results: Top-performing independent schools in South Africa
Several South African private schools whose pupils wrote the Independent Examinations Board (IEB) matric exams recorded exceptional results in 2022.
The allure of sending your child to a private school in South Africa is rooted in the perception that these institutions provide a superior education.
Private schools often offer smaller class sizes, more individual attention, and access to highly qualified teachers due to having more funding than their public counterparts.
These differences seemed to reflect in their matric results, with the IEB confirming a 98.42% pass rate in 2022, a slight uptick from 98.39% recorded in 2021.
In contrast, The Department of Basic Education has released the final National Senior Certificate results for the 2022 matric year showing a 3.7 percentage point increase in the pass rate to 80.1%.
The top three independent boys’ school achievers included St. John’s College, Hilton, and St Benedict’s College.
St John’s College recorded a 100% bachelor’s pass with 3.1 distinctions per candidate.
Hilton and St Benedict’s College achieved a 99% bachelor’s pass with 2.43 and 2.41 distinctions per candidate, respectively.
Comparatively, the top three girls’ school achievers were Roedean, St Mary’s Waverly, and St Andrew’s Senderwood.
All three achieved a 100% bachelor’s pass with 4.64, 3.58, and 3.26 distinctions per candidate, respectively.
Director of Inyanda Capital, Chulumanco Macingwane, has compiled a comparative list of the top IEB achievers listed below.
The top Boys Schools
1. St John’s College
100% BP, 3.1 distinctions per candidate; 38% of the class achieved an 80% average; and 11% of candidates had five or more subjects in the top 5% in the IEB (making the IEB Outstanding Achievement and commendable achievements lists).2. Hilton College
99% BP, 2.43 distinctions per candidate; and 15% of candidates achieved six distinctions or more.3. St Benedict’s College
99% BP, 2.41 distinctions per candidate; and 23% of the class achieved an 80% average.4. Michaelhouse School
2.3 distinctions per candidate; 22% of the class achieved an 80% average; and 8% of the class achieved six distinctions or more.5. St David’s Inanda
93% BP, 2.13 distinctions per candidate; and 17% of the class achieved six or more distinctions.6. Kearsney College
98% BP, two distinctions per candidate; and 26% of the class got an 80% average.7. St Stithians Boys College
99% BP, 1.7 distinctions per candidate; 6% of the class achieved six distinctions or more.8. St Alban’s College
97% BP, 1.6 distinctions per candidate, and 11% of candidates got six or more distinctions.9. St Andrew’s College
98% BP, 1.5 distinctions per candidate; and 2% of the class achieved six or more distinctions.The top girls’ schools
1. Roedean
100% BP, 4.64 distinctions per candidate; and 39% of the class achieved six or more distinctions.2. St Mary’s Waverly
100% BP, 3.58 distinctions per candidate; 44% of the class achieved an 80% average; and 29% of the class achieved six or more distinctions.3. St Andrew’s Senderwood
100% BP, 3.26 distinctions per candidate; 23% of the class achieved six or more distinctions.4. Kingsmead College
100% BP, 3.23 distinctions per candidate; 29% of the class achieved six or more distinctions.5. Brescia
100% BP, 3.2 distinctions per candidate; 20% of the class achieved six or more distinctions.6. St Stithians Girls College
99% BP, 3.03 distinctions per candidate; 20% of the class achieved six or more distinctions.7. St Mary’s DSG Kloof
98% BP, 3.03 distinctions per candidate; and 20% of the class achieved six or more distinctions8. St Anne’s Diocesan College
98% BP, 3.02 distinctions per candidate; and 11% of the class achieved seven distinctions.Must Read
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2022 matric results: Top-performing independent schools in South Africa
