Compare Catholic International Schools in South Africa

CBC St John's is an independent Catholic school in the Edmund Rice/Christian Brothers' tradition based in Parklands, Table View, Cape Town. It follows the South African curriculum through the GET and FET phases and prepares pupils for the National Senior Certificate (Matric). The school serves early childhood, junior and senior phases (ages 3 to 18) across three linked schools on the campus — Little Saints (pre‑school), Saints in Training (Grades R–6) and Saints Among Us (Grades 7–12). English and Afrikaans are offered in school (English as Home Language and Afrikaans as Home or First Additional Language in subject lists), with computing/coding, creative arts and a broad range of elective subjects available at senior level. Notable features published on the school site and prospectuses include a compulsory extra‑murals policy (one sport and one cultural activity per term), a restorative‑justice pastoral approach, school camps and outreach, aftercare and a cooked‑meals option for younger pupils, and participation in the international Edmund Rice network and Connecting Classrooms initiatives.

Marist Brothers Linmeyer is an independent, co‑educational Catholic school in Linmeyer, Johannesburg South, providing education from Grade 00 to Grade 12 (pre‑school through matric). The school states that its curriculum is grounded in Marist and Catholic values and describes a holistic, inquiry‑based programme with an emphasis on social‑emotional learning; instruction is delivered in English as the home language. In the intermediate grades pupils study either Afrikaans or isiZulu as a first additional language, and the high school timetable includes Afrikaans as a first additional language. The school publishes a range of on‑site facilities, including a 25m indoor swimming pool and aquatic centre, multiple sports fields and courts, a music centre, library and resource centre, STEAM‑centred audio‑visual and computer facilities, halls and a chapel, aftercare and an on‑site Educational Support Centre offering speech, remedial and therapy services. The published programme also highlights specialist provision in IT, coding and robotics and a broad sporting and cultural co‑curricular offer.

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.

St Joseph's Marist College is an independent, co‑educational Catholic school in Rondebosch, Cape Town, offering education from Pre‑school to Matric. The College delivers mainstream South African curricula alongside Montessori classes (available from Pre‑Primary through about Grade 6) and operates a Bridging Class and a Special Needs Unit (SNU) that the school states caters for up to 20 learners aged roughly 10–18. The school presents itself as multicultural, with small senior‑school classes, daily aftercare to 17:30 and a programme of arts, culture and sport; its site also notes facilities including historic buildings, a chapel and landscaped grounds. The school reports integration with Google for education; external directory entries describe the school as English‑medium. Distinctive features published by the school are the parallel Montessori streams within the Junior School, the on‑site SNU provision and the College's combination of mainstream and Montessori pathways from age three through Grade 12.