Kearsney College in KwaZulu-Natal stays the most expensive private day faculty in South Africa.
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According to BusinessTech, in 2023, it can price R224 620 for tuition to attend the Botha’s Hill-based faculty following a 7.5% hike on final yr’s numbers.
That equates to R56 155 per time period or R18 718 per thirty days of the yr.
St John’s College and Roedean School for Girls – each in Johannesburg – are in second and third locations, respectively.
Note: The charges listed beneath are as they seem on the assorted schools’ web sites and canopy annual tuition solely. Fees are for the best degree of studying out there (as much as grade 12). Lists are usually not complete as some schools haven’t publicly revealed 2023 payment schedules.
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TOP 10 MOST EXPENSIVE SA PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN 2023
Under: rank, faculty, province, 2022 charges, 2023 charges, % enhance
1. Kearsney College (KwaZulu-Natal) – R209,000 – R224,620 – 7.5%
2. St John’s College (Gauteng) – R179,933 – R194,148 – 7.9%
3. Roedean School (Gauteng) – R176,204 – R191,181 – 8.5%
4. Bishops Diocesan College (Western Cape) – R170,520 – R185,020 – 8.5%
5. Clifton School (KwaZulu-Natal) – R167,798 – R179,119 – 6.7%
6. Crawford College, Sandton (Gauteng) – R164,470 – R178,000 – 8.2%
7. St Mary’s, Waverly (Gauteng) – R163,550 – R176,640 – 8.0%
8. St Alban’s College (Gauteng) – R163,650 – R174,750 – 6.8%
9. King David High School (Gauteng) – R160,222 – R174,360 – 8.8%
10. Kingsmead College (Gauteng) – R158,478 – R170,365 – 7.5%
Meanwhile, as reported by The South African web site, South Africa’s most expensive private boarding faculty – Hilton College in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands – will price R369 920 in 2023.
That’s R92 480 per time period (of 4) – or R30 827 per thirty days of the yr.
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Hilton College maintained it’s No 1-ranking after a 7.8% (R26 765) hike in charges from 2022.
Close rivals Michaelhouse as soon as once more discover themselves in second place. After a comparatively modest 4.3% enhance, a yr at Michaelhouse in 2023 will see mother and father needing to fork out R342 000.
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But as mother and father nicely know, the charges DON’T finish there!
According to Business Insider, first-time candidates can even must pay non-refundable acceptance charges to safe spots, with Hilton College and Michaelhouse charging between R75 000 and R85 000.
Fees for boarding schools sometimes cowl tuition and boarding and normally embody insurance coverage, minor medical consideration, meals and entry to services like libraries and laundry.
However, they don’t all the time embody different prices, comparable to necessary or voluntary growth charges or constructing levies.
In addition, some schools additionally cost additional for ‘top-tier’ extra-curricular actions which might add a number of thousand rands onto the annual sum.
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St Andrew’s College in Makhanda (Grahamstown) rounds out the highest three with charges for 2023 now R340 869 after a 6.5% (R20 805) enhance from 2022.
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Fees throughout the board have jumped in latest years, regardless of unsure Covid-times.
In 2021, simply three private boarding schools have been a part of the ‘R300 000 club’. Last yr that quantity doubled to 6 schools and for the 2023 educational yr as many as 9 now cost in extra of R300 000 each year – with new entrant in Tenth-place, Diocesan School for Girls, solely R900 beneath that mark.
As with South Africa’s most expensive day schools, boys’ schools dominate the highest 10 record which options simply three all-girls schools.
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Note: The charges listed beneath are as they seem on the assorted schools’ web sites and canopy annual tuition solely. Fees are for the best degree of studying out there (as much as grade 12). Lists are usually not complete as some schools haven’t publicly revealed 2023 payment schedules.
TOP 10 MOST EXPENSIVE SA BOARDING SCHOOLS IN 2023
Under: rank, faculty, province, 2022 charges, 2023 charges, % enhance
1. Hilton College (KwaZulu-Natal) – R343,155 – R369,920 – 7.8%
2. Michaelhouse (KwaZulu-Natal) – R328,000 – R342,000 – 4.3%
3. St Andrew’s College (Eastern Cape) – R320,064 – R340,869 – 6.5%
4. Roedean School (Gauteng) – R310,994 – R337,428 – 8.5%
5. St John’s College (Gauteng) – R304,995 – R331,091 – 8.6%
6. Kearsney College (KwaZulu-Natal) – R303,710 – R326,480 – 7.5%
7. St Mary’s School (Gauteng) – R293,050 – R313,990 – 7.1%
8. Bishops Diocesan College (Western Cape) – R289,700 – R311,960 – 7.7%
9. St Alban’s College (Gauteng) – R287,850 – R307,350 – 6.8 %
10. Diocesan School for Girls (Eastern Cape) – R276,930 – R299,100 – 8.0%
