Established 1894 2015 Fees (Junior) R28,000 pa Motto palmam qui meruit ferat Number of students 1,180 | Grades 1–12 Phone +27 21 686 4066 Founded 1894 | |
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Type All Girls Public School Headmistresses Mrs D. Berry (Junior), Mr M. Gates (high) 2016 Fees (High) R36,500 pa (tuition)R43,000 pa (boarding) Similar Westerford High School, Rustenbu Girls' Junior Sc, Bishops Diocesan College, South African College, Herschel Girls' School Profiles | ||
Rustenburg Girls' High School and Rustenburg Junior School are public schools situated in the suburb of Rondebosch in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Rustenburg was founded in 1894 and divided into Junior and High Schools in 1932. The school offers a range of cultural activities and societies. A 2013 survey by "Fairlady" magazine listed Rustenburg High School for Girls amongst the top 25 schools in the country.
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History
The school was founded in 1894 in the historic Rustenburg House, which dates from the early years of the Dutch settlement at the Cape In 1932, the High School moved into its new buildings on Erinville Estate and Charlie's Hope. Charlie's Hope was subsequently demolished in 1976, before being rebuilt closer to the school. Erinville is now the name of the High School's boarding house. Rustenburg House was declared a National Monument in 1941, but still houses the Junior School.
Headmistresses of the High School:
Headmistresses of the Junior School:
Academics
Rustenburg High School has been ranked in the top 10 high schools in the Western Cape for academic results in the Matric Examinations for many years.
In 2011 the school was placed as the top school in the Western Cape, up from position three in 2010 and position six in 2009.
In 2012 & 2013, Rustenburg maintained its academic standards with a better performance overall, but did not qualify to be considered for inclusion in the top 20 schools in the province.
In 2014, Rustenburg again qualified for inclusion in the Top 20 list and was placed 6th. In 2015, the Western Cape Education Department stopped ranking the top schools in performance order and instead listed them alphabetically, Rustenburg was included in the list of the top 22 schools.
In 2016 the top candidate was Hannah Clayton, with an aggregate of 97.5% and 7 subject distinctions. Hannah was placed 3rd Overall and 3rd for Mathematics Nationally. Previous top academic candidates include: 2005 - Katherine Paterson, 2006 - Carmen Hartmann, 2007 - Kirsten Rowe, 2008 - Rudi Botha, 2009 - Adriana Oberholzer, 2010 - Samantha Filby, 2011 - Nicola Steinhaus, 2012 - Alexandra Mould, 2013 - Nicola Cilliers & Lauren Denny, 2014 - Yi-Tim Yuan, 2015 - Rebecca Haynes.
In 2009, the Sunday Times published a list of the top 100 government schools in the country, based on the 2008 matric results and Rustenburg was placed fifth.
Sport
Rustenburg has always been well represented in South African and Western Province teams. In 2012, two girls represented South Africa in tennis and Artistic gymnastics while two staff members represented South Africa in sevens rugby and triathlon.
The High School has nine tennis/netball courts, a swimming pool and two hockey/cricket fields. An Astroturf playing field was installed during 2014 and floodlights are planned for 2016.
The following sports are offered by Rustenburg: cricket, cross-country, hockey, indoor hockey, netball, running, football, squash, swimming, tennis, touch rugby, waterpolo.
Music
The highly acclaimed High School Music Department features an Orchestra, Choir, Chamber Choir, Jazz Band, Wind Band, String Quartet, Vocal Quartet, String Ensemble and Savuyisa (Marimba Band).