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'About Us' page for Edgemead High School, a co-educational English-medium public school in Cape Town established on 21 January 1986
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This document is an 'About Us' page for Edgemead High School, a co-educational English-medium public school in Cape Town established on 21 January 1986. It describes the school's growth from 71 pupils to approximately 1400, its mission to provide a balanced education ('The Academic Plus School'), and its commitment to academic excellence, discipline, personal development, and a diverse extra-mural programme. The school operates under a Governing Body with autonomy in admissions, discipline, and ethos, and relies on parent fees to supplement state funding, which covers only basic needs and half of the teaching staff.
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extracurricular activitiesOngoing
diverse extra-curricular programme
The school makes a varied extra-curricular programme available so pupils can develop interests outside the academic field, alongside its academic programme.
- Who it is for
- Edgemead High School pupils
- How to act on it
- Participate through the school's extra-curricular programme; this page does not state a registration procedure.
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Catering for pupils’ diverse abilities in a varied extra-curricular programme offers pupils the chance to form lifelong interests outside the academic field.
school educationOngoing
a balanced education
The school offers pupils an all-round public-school education intended to prepare them for work and life, combining academic achievement with personal development and pastoral care.
- Who it is for
- pupils and all who choose to learn and grow the Edgemead Community
- How to act on it
- Choose to learn and grow in the Edgemead Community; this page does not state an application procedure.
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Our central aim is to provide all our pupils with the opportunity of an all-round education which will prepare them for the world of work and for life in general.
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City of Cape Town, Western Cape
Key Takeaways
- 21 January 1986
- 71 pupils
- 1400 enrolment
- Edgemead, Cape Town, 7441
- Sector 1, Edgemead, Cape Town, 7407
- co-educational English-medium public school
- Governing Body autonomy
- parent fees for additional costs
- compulsory legally enforceable fees
- motto: 'to have life more abundantly'
- vision: To have life more abundantly
- mission: To provide an opportunity for a balanced education
- Edgemead High School
- office@edgemeadhigh.org.za
- +27 21 558 1132
- Cape Town
- South Africa