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| Rustenburg Schools for Girls | |
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44 Campground Road,Rosebank (High). Main Road, Rondebosch (junior) , South Africa | |
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| School type | All-girls public (fee-paying) school |
| Motto | palmam qui meruit ferat |
| Established | 1894; 131 years ago (1894) |
| School district | District 9 |
| School number | 021 686 4066 |
| Headmaster | B. Peterson (junior) M. Gates (high) |
| Grades | R–12 |
| Gender | Female |
| Age | 5 to 18 |
| Number of students | 350 (junior) 863 (high school) |
| Language | English |
| Schedule | 08:00–15:00 |
| Campus | Urban Campus |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Colours | Blue & navy |
| Nickname | RGHS/RGJS |
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| Accreditation | Western Cape Education Department |
| High School Houses | Corvus Cygnus Lacerta Lepus Pavo |
| Junior School Houses | Wiener,Cambridge,Innes and Michael |
| 2022 Fees (high) | R53,000 – R59,000 pa (tuition) R62,939 pa (boarding) |
| 2022 Fees (junior) | R42,645 pa |
| Brother School | Rondebosch Boys' High School |
| Website | rustenburggirls |
Rustenburg Girls' High School andRustenburg Girls' Junior School are twoseparatepublic (fee-paying) schools with a shared history, originating in the suburb ofRondebosch inCape Town, South Africa. Rustenburg was founded in 1894 and divided into separate junior and high schools in 1932.
The school was founded in 1894 in the historic Rustenburg House, which dates from the early years of theDutch settlement at the Cape[1] In 1932, the school was divided into two schools, and the high school moved into its new buildings on Erinville Estate and Charlie's Hope in the suburb ofRosebank, while the junior school remained in Rustenburg House on Main Road, Rondebosch. 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.
Headmistresses of the Combined School:
Principals of the High School:
Headmistresses of the Junior School:
In 2010, Rustenberg Girls' High School was placed third in a list of the top schools in the Western Cape[2] after placing sixth in 2009.[3]
A 2013 survey byFairlady magazine listed Rustenburg Girls' High School among the top 25 schools in the country.[4]
In 2014, Rustenburg Girls' High School again qualified for inclusion in the official top 20 schools list and was placed sixth.[5]
In 2015, the Western Cape Education Department stopped ranking the top schools in order of their performance and instead listed them alphabetically. In this year, Rustenburg Girls' High School was included in the list of the top 22 schools.[6]
In 2019, a Grade 7 student at Rustenberg Girls' Junior School came first in theWestern Cape at the Horizon Maths Competition.[7]
In 2023, a matriculant from Rustenberg Girls' High School was honoured as the country's top candidate overall as well as in Maths.[8]
| Grade 12 NSC Results | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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| Number of candidates | 127 | 130? | 142 | 152 | 161 | 154 | 136 | 143 | 151 | 152 | 149 | 171 | 143 | 166 | 163 | 154 | 165 |
| Pass Rate (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 98.8 | 100 | 100 |
| Matriculation Exemption/ Bachelors Pass | 98.4% | 97% | 99% | 97% | 97.5% | 98% | 99.3% | 97.9% | 98.7% | 99.3% | 99.3% | 99.4% | 99.3% | 100% | 97.5% | 98.7% | 98.2% |
| Subject A's | - | 262 | 324 | 313 | 373 | 458 | 467 | 430 | 508 | 607 | 581 | 631 | 510 | 614 | 558 | 611 | 647 |
| Top aggregate | - | 106.1% | 92.3% | 90.8% | 90.8% | 94% | 93% | 96% | 96.7% | 96.2% | 97.5% | 96% | 97.8% | 96.0% | 95.8% | 96.5% | 97.8% |
Rustenburg has historically been well represented in South African andWestern Province teams. In 2012, two girls representedSouth Africa intennis andartistic gymnastics, while two staff members represented South Africa insevens rugby andtriathlon.[9]
The high school has nine tennis/netball courts, a swimming pool and two hockey/cricket fields. An astroturf playing field was installed during 2014 with floodlights added in 2016
The following sports are offered by Rustenburg Girls' High School: cricket, cross-country, hockey, indoor hockey, netball, running, football, squash, swimming, tennis, touch rugby, waterpolo[10]
The school has an orchestra, choir, chamber choir, jazz band, wind band, string quartet, vocal quartet, string ensemble and savuyisa (marimba band).[11]
Scenes in the filmsSpud 2: The Madness Continues andSpud 3: Learning to Fly were shot at the school.[20]
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