Princess of Wales Terrace, Parktown, Johannesburg, 2193, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
Princess of Wales Terrace, Parktown, Johannesburg, 2193, Johannesburg, Gauteng.
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Roedean School (SA) is an independent girls' school in Parktown, Johannesburg, founded in 1903 as a sister school to Roedean School in Brighton, England. Theresa Lawrence and Katherine Margaret Earle travelled to South Africa the year after the Anglo-Boer War and opened the school in a small house with twenty-two pupils; today more than 750 girls attend, from Grade 0 through to Matric, drawn from a wide range of cultural backgrounds. The campus is known for its Sir Herbert Baker architecture and its heritage gardens. Academically, the school follows the South African national curriculum and its pupils sit the National Senior Certificate of the Independent Examinations Board at the end of Grade 12, with a Cognitive Education Programme running alongside the curriculum since 2011 to develop critical and creative thinking. Roedean is a member of Round Square, the global network of schools built on six IDEALS, which shapes much of its co-curricular programme. Boarding is available weekly or termly in the Mary Williams Boarding House. The school's values are truth, honour, freedom and courtesy, and its stated purpose is to prepare young women to lead lives of significance.
Educational System of Roedean School (SA)
Method
Pedagogical method general Curriculum
School values
Roedean's stated aim is to inspire a life of significance, nurturing socially responsible young women through a progressive cross-curricular approach. The school's four values are truth, honour, freedom and courtesy, carried forward from the founding ethos of Theresa Lawrence and Katherine Margaret Earle, whose purpose was to give girls an academic education strong enough to meet the barriers they faced in the struggle for equality. The school describes itself as committed to giving young women the choices to be successful and globally competitive.
Number of Students: 750
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Tutoring
Uniform
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Attention to Diversity at Roedean School (SA)
Attention to diversity
Educational Stages of Roedean School (SA)
Nursery
Preschool
Primary
Middle School
High School
Vocational Training
Information about the educational stages of the Roedean School (SA)
Roedean takes girls from Grade 0 through to Matric on one campus. The Junior School covers the early grades and has its own reception, admissions office and library. The Senior School begins at Lower V (Grade 8): Grades 8 and 9 form the General Education and Training phase, with part of the curriculum redesigned into modules, and from Upper V (Grade 10) pupils move into the Further Education and Training phase, choosing elective subjects and working towards Matric in Grade 12. Fees are published separately for each grade band.
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Languages and International Programs at Roedean School (SA)
English (Instructional)
Information about languages of the Roedean School (SA)
English is the language of instruction and of the IEB National Senior Certificate examinations taken at the end of Grade 12. From Grade 10, pupils choose three elective subjects from a wide list that the school says includes a number of foreign languages, alongside their four compulsory subjects. The website does not state which specific languages are offered in any given year, so families should check with the school directly.
Information about international degrees and programmes of the Roedean School (SA)
Roedean follows the South African national curriculum rather than an international diploma, and prepares pupils for the Independent Examinations Board's National Senior Certificate. The senior journey begins with the General Education and Training phase in Grades 8 and 9, where part of the curriculum has been redesigned into modules and varied assessment methods reduce academic stress, and continues into the Further Education and Training phase from Grade 10, where pupils take four compulsory subjects plus three electives from a wide choice that includes several foreign languages. The international dimension comes through Round Square: exchanges with overseas schools, Model United Nations, a Rotary Interact Club and the President's Award.
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Extracurricular Activities at Roedean School (SA)
Arts activities
Music
Art
Theater
Sports activities
Squash
Climbing
Tennis
Swimming
Artistic gymnastics
Hockey
Yoga
Cultural activities
Debate
Information about extracurricular activities of the Roedean School (SA)
Pupils are expected to take part in sporting, cultural and service activities, some of which run at weekends or in the evenings. Sport includes swimming, water polo and diving, hockey on the water-based Astro and indoors, tennis in summer, netball in winter, squash, gymnastics, yoga and rock climbing. The cultural programme covers art and design clubs and competitions, dramatic arts, contemporary and classical music with ensembles and individual lessons, debating, public speaking and subject olympiads. Service and leadership run through the Round Square IDEALS: the environmental committee, the Siyakhana community food garden, Model United Nations, the President's Award and the prefect body.
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Services and Facilities of Roedean School (SA)
Dining room
Dining room - External catering
Other services
Boarding School
Field trips / retreats
Exchanges
Scholarships
Information about the services offered by the Roedean School (SA)
Boarding is offered on a weekly or termly basis in the Mary Williams Boarding House, which combines the original Sir Herbert Baker style with modern facilities; a refundable deposit of one term's fees is required before a pupil enters boarding. School lunches are available as an optional extra with a published termly fee, as are individual music lessons and academic support tuition charged per lesson. A building levy and compulsory pupil insurance are added to tuition, and sibling discounts apply from the third daughter onwards.
Facilities
Swimming pool
Gym
Tennis court
Climbing wall
Facilities
Laboratory
Library
Other facilities
Chapel / Oratory
Multipurpose/conference room
Garden
Information about the facilities of the Roedean School (SA)
The campus combines Sir Herbert Baker buildings and heritage gardens with modern teaching and sports facilities. There are two 25-metre pools: a ten-lane main pool rebuilt in 2010 with three diving boards, used for swimming, water polo and diving, and the four-lane Jan Mallen learn-to-swim pool. A water-based AstroTurf hosts hockey, and six tennis and netball courts sit beside The Wilds with shaded seating. An indoor gymnasium with a climbing wall is used for gymnastics, indoor hockey and netball and yoga, and there are four squash courts and a rock-climbing cave.
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