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NEW WEST SECONDARY SCHOOLRef: https://nwss.org/about/

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Source domain: nwss.org

Collected on 30 July 2026

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What this means

This document is a webpage section titled “About” for New West Secondary School. It provides the school’s history (from its establishment in 1984 as Newlands No. 1 Secondary School, including a later name change to New West Secondary School), current enrolment figures, and notes on staffing and funding constraints. It also describes the school’s vision, mission, philosophy, core values, ethos, motto (“Lead by Example”), and pupils’ ten objectives.

Facts

Reference

https://nwss.org/about/

Amounts

R 80

Key Takeaways

  • New West Secondary School “About” page
  • Mid-January 1984: birth of Newlands No. 1 Secondary School
  • First principal: Mr K Kandasamy; initial staff: 2 management, 13 teachers, 1 secretary; pupils: 165
  • School built by then Department of Internal Affairs; land expropriated from Indian community in 1968; completed 1982; scheduled to open 1983
  • 1984 ballot: proposed names included Castleview Secondary, Castlehill Secondary, and New West Secondary School (New West received highest votes)
  • Enrolment: 188 pupils end of 1984; 1,493 in 2000; currently 1,420
  • Need for six extra classrooms due to capacity
  • Staffing cutback examples: 50 staff (1997) to 43 (1998) to 39 (1999); up to 47 over last two years
  • Non-LTSM funding: R80,000 per annum; covers electricity, water, refuse removal, SGB-employed educators, general assistants, cleaning equipment/agents, security services, printing and paper
  • Vision/mission: academic education plus co-curricular and extra-curricular programmes for 21st century challenges
  • Motto: “Lead by Example”; pupils’ ten objectives listed
  • New West Secondary School
  • Newlands No. 1 Secondary School
  • Mr K Kandasamy
  • Department of Internal Affairs
  • Ministry of Education and Culture
  • Department of Education (DoE)
  • School Governing Body (SGB)
  • Pro Media Mogul