Ranked purely by parent interest — the number of families who opened each school’s profile and spent time reading it between August 2025 and July 2026.
Cedar House operates as a combined prep and high school in Kenilworth, Cape Town, with a Prep campus at 27 Wetton Road and a High School campus at 5 Ascot Road. It follows the South African curriculum for students aged 9 to 18, covering Grades 4–12 and preparing learners for the National Senior Certificate examinations with IEB involvement. The school offers enrichment through Life Sciences Camp and Physical Sciences Camp, along with CAT and Design levies that support computing and design activities. Arts and drama are supported by Art Levy and Drama Levy, and IsiXhosa Camp provides language and cultural learning. Community and service are emphasised via the Social Action Levy, with Grade Camps delivering outdoor, experiential learning and teamwork experiences. Grade 4–9 Life Orientation Levy is charged every second year. The school also hosts events such as Food Day and Grade Day as part of student life and wellbeing.
The International School of Cape Town (ISCT) is a private Cambridge school based in Claremont, Cape Town, operating across two campuses (Struben House for Early Years/Key Stage 1 and Woodland Heights for Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 and High School). ISCT delivers the Cambridge curriculum from Cambridge Early Years and Primary through Cambridge Lower Secondary, Cambridge IGCSE and Cambridge International AS & A Level, and serves children from Nursery (3 years 6 months) through to the end of A‑levels (around 18 years). The language of instruction is English, with support for learners from diverse language backgrounds. Additional languages taught include Afrikaans, Xhosa, French and Spanish: in Years 3–4 pupils study one South African language (Afrikaans or Xhosa) and one European language (French or Spanish), and from Year 5 pupils choose French, Spanish or Afrikaans to continue to IGCSE. Notable facilities and features include purpose‑built Early Years classrooms and a 500‑year‑old yellowwood tree at Struben House, terraced gardens at Woodland Heights, access to on‑ and off‑campus sports facilities, specialist drama and music teachers, and a programme of project‑based learning in middle years.
Cedar House operates as a combined prep and high school in Kenilworth, Cape Town, with a Prep campus at 27 Wetton Road and a High School campus at 5 Ascot Road. It follows the South African curriculum for students aged 9 to 18, covering Grades 4–12 and preparing learners for the National Senior Certificate examinations with IEB involvement. The school offers enrichment through Life Sciences Camp and Physical Sciences Camp, along with CAT and Design levies that support computing and design activities. Arts and drama are supported by Art Levy and Drama Levy, and IsiXhosa Camp provides language and cultural learning. Community and service are emphasised via the Social Action Levy, with Grade Camps delivering outdoor, experiential learning and teamwork experiences. Grade 4–9 Life Orientation Levy is charged every second year. The school also hosts events such as Food Day and Grade Day as part of student life and wellbeing.
Bishops Diocesan College is an independent Anglican boys' school on the Rondebosch campus in Cape Town, operating Pre-Prep, Prep and College divisions (Grade N/Reception through Grade 12) and serving boys aged 5 to 18. The school follows the South African curriculum through the preparatory and senior grades and publishes National Senior Certificate (Matric) results, while also offering a Cambridge International Advanced programme (AS and A Levels) in the senior years. English is the language of instruction; Afrikaans, isiXhosa and French are taught across the school (with Afrikaans/isiXhosa as First Additional Language options and French/IGCSE options in the senior phases). The campus publishes an extensive range of sporting and indoor facilities — including multiple rugby and cricket fields, an astro-turf hockey pitch, seven tennis courts, an eight-lane 25 m pool, an international waterpolo pool, indoor sports and squash courts, rowing and water-sport provision at Zeekoeivlei — and operates a house system with day and boarding houses as part of its pastoral provision.
The American International School of Cape Town (AISCT) is a private, not‑for‑profit, co‑educational international school in Constantia, Cape Town, serving children aged 2 to 18 across an Early Childhood Development Centre, Elementary (K2–Grade 5), Middle (Grades 6–8) and High School (Grades 9–12). AISCT follows an American curriculum and prepares students for a USA high‑school diploma, offering an extensive Advanced Placement (AP) programme in the High School (22 AP courses). English is the primary language of instruction and the school promotes English language proficiency; French and Spanish are taught from Grade 1 through to Upper School, including AP language courses. The campus occupies a substantial site in the Constantia Hills with Table Mountain National Park as a backdrop and is organised into discrete school sections; the school also runs a 12‑day, project‑based Innovation Term and a range of extracurricular and service‑learning opportunities.
El Shaddai Christian School is an independent, co‑educational Christian school in the Durbanville suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. Founded by El Shaddai Christian Church, it offers education from Grade 00 to Grade 12 (approximately ages 4–18) across two campuses: a main campus for primary and high school and a separate pre‑primary facility on the same property. The school operates Afrikaans and English streams in the lower grades (Grade 00–5) with instruction primarily in English from about Grade 6 upwards. Its curriculum is WCED‑based (CAPS) through the lower grades and transitions to Cambridge International programmes in the senior phase, with pupils taking Cambridge IGCSE and AS‑level qualifications. The school publishes provision for aftercare, cultural activities and a limited sports programme. El Shaddai also states that Christian discipleship and a Biblically integrated approach to learning are central features of its programme.
Springfield Convent School is an independent Catholic day school for girls in Wynberg, Cape Town, serving Nursery to Grade 12 (ages 3–18). It follows the South African national curriculum within a Dominican Catholic ethos and the school states that English is the language of learning and teaching. Springfield's language policy affirms the teaching of Afrikaans and isiXhosa as additional South African languages and offers French in the Senior School. The school describes a play‑based preschool, a balanced Junior curriculum and a Senior programme that includes core academic subjects and 21st‑century options such as coding and robotics. The campus occupies historic gardens on Wynberg Hill and the school lists established music, art and drama departments alongside extensive sports facilities; it operates as a day school with no boarding. Admissions, curriculum and policy documents on the school website provide these details.
Helderberg International School is an independent international day school in Somerset West (Cape Town), set within a secure estate beneath the Helderberg mountains. It follows the British Cambridge curriculum from Early Years through senior levels, offering programmes from Nursery to Year 13 and serving ages 3 to 18. Lessons are presented primarily in English; the school also teaches Afrikaans and offers German and Spanish as modern foreign languages. The school publishes an emphasis on inquiry-based learning and the Cambridge Early Years programme in its nursery and foundation phases, and on Cambridge IGCSE/AS level subjects in the high school. Notable facilities and provision published on the site include functioning, well‑equipped science laboratories, regular PE and sports (including soccer and netball), music and arts activities, extracurricular clubs, and a vegetable and herb garden project for younger pupils. The school is a member of the IES/SEK international school network and highlights small class sizes and personalised learning across its stages.
Hout Bay International School (HBIS), located in Hout Bay, Cape Town, is an independent international day school offering the International Baccalaureate Primary Years, Middle Years and Diploma Programmes alongside recognised South African and British curricular pathways. The school accepts children from age 2 to 18 and structures provision through Nursery/Early Years, PYP, MYP and DP stages. English is the language of instruction; additional languages taught include French, Spanish and Afrikaans (language-acquisition options from early primary and into MYP/DP). HBIS occupies a purpose-built six-hectare campus with a dedicated Early Years and Junior Primary building, a robotics lab and Apple technology provision, two science laboratories, art studios, a music room, a drama black-box, a library, a dining canteen and multiple sports facilities (netball and tennis courts, cricket nets and multi-purpose playing fields). The school publishes its status as an authorised IB Continuum World School (PYP–MYP–DP) and is part of the SEK-IES international school network; its MYP personal project and the IB Diploma core form distinctive elements of the senior programme.
Annual fees
Fees not listed
Ages
2 to 18 years
Curriculum
British Curriculum, IB (PYP), IB (MYP), IB (DP), South African Curriculum
Blouberg International School is an international Cambridge school in Cape Town (Parklands) at 74 Ringwood Drive, offering education from Nursery through Year 13. The school follows the Cambridge curriculum across its phases (Nursery and Early Years, Junior and Senior Primary, and High School) and accepts Early Years learners from around age three. English is the primary language of instruction; the school also delivers a formal languages programme in Afrikaans, German and Spanish with those languages introduced in the primary phase and progressing into elective options in later years. Notable facilities and provisions published on the school website include an Apple lab and Robotics programmes, library and specialist teaching, plus practical family offerings such as a canteen, transport, annual camp, early/after‑school care, clubs and pastoral support; the school also supports Cambridge private candidates. Blouberg is part of the Global SEK‑IES network and presents Cambridge assessment routes including IGCSEs and optional A Levels in the upper school.
