ACADEMICS
Assessment Calendars
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Academics is and will continue to be our primary focus at school as we endeavor to uphold our high standards and the resulting sound academic performances from year to year. We pay tribute to our teachers who have the qualifications and experience to reach and maintain the academic expectations that we set for ourselves.
These excellent results are achieved through:
A vibrant and positive attitude amongst parent(s)/guardian(s), learners and educators.
Modern, well equipped classrooms, laboratories, computer centres, art, technology and music rooms.
Our team of dedicated educators include an additional 36 teachers employed by the School Governing Body.
Smaller sized classrooms ranging from 15 to 30 learners per class.
Our matric results are a true reflection of the effort, passion and dedication that collectively we strive to maintain at school. Some of Fairmont’s academic achievements over the past years are as follows:
2019
290 Candidates
33 A aggregates
85 B aggregates
108 C aggregates
477 Subject distinctions
67.5% grade average
As part of the top performing district in the Western Province, Fairmont was acknowledged in the Metro North Awards for:
Excellence in Pass rate - 99%
Excellence in Bachelors Passes- 89%
Top learner per school - Grant Rousseau
Placing third within the Top 10 schools of our district:
1 DF Malan
2 Stellenberg
3 Fairmont High School
4 Durbanville HS
5 Milnerton
7 of our learners placed first in the district in the following subjects: Afrikaans First Additional Language, Business Studies, Chinese, History, IT, Life Sciences and Visual Arts.
4 of our learners in the top 20 in the district :
14th Rachel Vermaak
12th Daniel Willson
11th Shaylin Chetty
m9th Grant Rousseau
2018
250 Candidates
50 A aggregates
52 B aggregates
84 C aggregates
493 Subject distinctions
68.5% grade average
3 learners in the Top 20 in the Western Cape (the most number of learners in the Top 20 of all the schools in the province).
7 learners in the Top 20 in the district, with Kelly Zeng at number 1
Fairmont came second out of 70 schools in District North.
100% pass rate
2017
249 Candidates
44 A aggregates
68 B aggregates
73 C aggregates
478 Subject distinctions
100% pass rate
68.3% grade average
2016
65 A aggregates
534 Subject distinctions
99.2% pass rate
33% subject A’s in Physical Sciences
25% subject A’s in Mathematics
69% subject A’s in History
67% subject A’s in Music
55% subject A’s in Business Studies
41% subject A’s in Life Sciences
37% subject A’s in Mathematical Literacy
29% A’s in Visual Arts
25% A’s in Accountancy
90 distinctions in English
56 distinctions in Afrikaans
Overall grade average: 68.9%
Best Improvement in Mathematics
Best Improvement in Information Technology
Highest number of passes in English Home Language
2015
232 candidates
100% pass rate
Highest overall average over 5 years, of 67.8%
Highest number of distinctions (%) over 5 years
406 Subject distinctions
Highest number of subject Bs and Cs over 5 years (%)
Top candidate Josie Burness: Aggregate 93.7%
Top English candidate in the country: Josie Burness 99%
Top Life Sciences candidate in the Western Cape: Kayla Heinrich
36 A aggregates; up 5.4% from 2014
13 candidates score straight 7 distinctions
1 candidate scores straight 8 distinctions (Josie)
Business Studies – Tarryn Kellett 8th in WP
English Home Language – Josie Burness 1st in South Africa
Italian – Lorena Cozzolino 3rd out of 4
Life Orientation – Josie Burness 8th in WP
Life Sciences – Kayla Heinrich 1st in WP
2014
236 candidates
99.6% pass rate
24 A aggregates
7 pupils received 7 straight As
78.3% university entrance qualifications
Grade average of 64.2%
Awarded R15 000 for the most improved results in the Western Province in Mathematics and English for the Systemic Assessments of 2014. Awarded by the MEC Education, Western Cape.
2013
249 candidates
100% pass rate
37 A aggregates
66.8% grade average
Premier’s Award for Excellence in English
18 pupils received 7 straight “A’s”
One learner offered an additional subject and scored 8 straight “A’s”
Placed in the Top 10 in the Province for performance in Maths and Sciences in the Systemic Tests of 2013
2012
236 candidates
100% pass rate
27 A aggregates
259 Subject Distinctions
65% grade average
The school was invited to a luncheon hosted by the Premier of the Western Cape, Helen Zille to receive an award for excellence in English Home language for having the highest number of A passes in our district and the highest number of English passes in the Western Cape.
In addition to this achievement we had top positions in the top 10 in the Western Cape in Information Technology 1st and 5th positions, Physical Science, Business Studies, Design and 4th, 5th and 6th positions in Additional Mathematics.
Two of our matrics were accepted to Medical Schools bringing to six the total number of our past pupils currently studying medicine.
We continue to receive congratulatory letters from the top universities in the country with respect to the quality of pupils that we send to university. Many of them are on Deans’ lists who graduate Cum Laude.
2011
2011 was another bumper academic year:
100% pass rate from 210 candidates
332 subject distinctions
87% university entrance qualifications
Grade average 67%
8 of our pupils were placed in the top 10 in the Western Cape in 8 different subjects including: Mathematics, Physical Science, Accountancy, Business Studies, Visual Art, English, Afrikaans and Life Orientation
We were the top school in the Northern Suburbs in Afrikaans Home Language Paper 2; with the highest number of A’s in the province in Business Studies
Top school in the Northern Suburbs in English.
2010
Our academic excellence continued:
100% pass rate
Computer Information Technology average 75%
In a year where many schools were disappointed with their history results we had a subject average for history of 71%
7 of our pupils were placed in the top 10 positions in the Western Cape in 7 different subjects
4 of our matrics in 2010 were accepted into medical school
An academic highlight for Fairmont was the rating of 2nd position in SouthAfrica for Matric Mathematics by the Department of Basic Education and the Anglo American Chairman’s Fund. This award was received in 2010.
2009
100% pass rate
340 subject distinctions
Overall subject average 67%
University entrance qualifications 87%
Average for mathematics 69%
Number A’s in mathematics 48
In 2009, Fairmont was rated the 2nd top mathematics state school in South Africa. This earned us a grant in 2010 of R150 000 from the Anglo American Chairman’s Fund.
