Matric Results

Rustenburg is a school that prides itself on setting high standards in the academic arena, and the 2011 Matric class were no exception, with a 100% pass rate and 458 individual subject distinctions. At the 2011 National Senior Certificate Award Ceremony, Rustenburg was named the top school in the category: Excellence in Academic Performance - Western Cape.

In this category, awards are made to the top twenty schools in the province (including independent schools) that have achieved excellence in academic results in 2011, based on the following criteria:

Consistency in number of grade 12 candidates over a period of 3 years (at least 90%) of previous years
an overall pass rate of at least 95% in 2011
% of candidates with access to Bachelor's degree
% of candidates with Mathematics passes

Each school receives an award of R15 000 for the purchase of teaching and learning support material. The top 5 Western Cape schools were named as: Rustenburg, Herschel, Bishops, Herzlia & Rondebosch. See full list of WCED awards.

In addition, we are proud to announce that the following Rustenburg girls have achieved amongst the top ten marks for their individual subjects:
Afrikaans First Additional Language – Karen Schuster (9th highest mark)
Design – Julia Kabat (7th Highest mark)
Dramatic Arts – Hannah MacMillan (Joint 6th highest mark); Catherine Paterson (9th)& Amy Walton (10th)
English Home Language – Helen Dunnell (8th Highest mark); Nicola Steinhaus (9th)
French Second Additional Language – Angeliki Carvounes (6th highest mark)
Geography – Bridgit Miller & Christi Vosloo (3rd Highest mark); Darielle Kellerman & Rosy Sanby (5th); Aphiwe Jikazana (6th); Chloe Newlands & Emma Bergman (7th); Kim Blackhurst (8th); Roshaan Solomon (9th); Kelsey Nygaard (10th)
German Second Additional Language – Chelsea Kelly (10th highest mark)
Life Sciences – Nicola Steinhaus (4th highest mark)
Mathematics (probability; data handling) – Nicola Steinhaus & Roslyn Sanby (8th Highest mark); Roshaan Soloman (9th)
Visual Arts – Catherine Paterson (JOINT TOP MARK); Julia Kabat (6th); Samantha Newdigate (9th)