Boys' College Matric Results 2023

We are delighted to announce that our 2023 Matrics have excelled in the IEB’s matriculation examinations. The Independent Examinations Board (IEB) offers a rigorous assessment of the National Senior Certificate curriculum, preparing our students well for tertiary study. We will be highlighting the achievements of our top performers below. We wish also to stress our pride in each matriculant who has done his best. We thank our teachers, parents and community for pulling together with our students to enable them to achieve excellence and make a world of difference.

Our philosophy of learning and teaching promotes an academic culture which seeks to meet and extend the needs and styles of each student, enabling personalised and meaningful learning to take place. We pride ourselves on this approach, which seeks to optimise individual learning across the academic spectrum and includes enrolling a number of students with identified learning needs. We are proud of the top academic achievers, among the best in the country and whose results are documented individually, as well as of each student who has excelled against personal benchmarks.

Matric is the destination of a long journey of learning. We acknowledge the contributions of the teachers at the Preparatory Schools of St Stithians College, as well as those of other Primary Schools which educated this year’s Matric cohort. We pay tribute to the impact of Kamoka Bush School on the lives of our students on their Saints journey.

At this time of focus on the academic gateway of Matric, we affirm our commitment to the education of young people of character, who make an impact as leaders and citizens, shaped by a Methodist ethos. Academic learning is complemented with a diverse and highly successful sporting, cultural, outdoor education and community engagement curriculum.

Summary of the Boys’ College 2023 Matric results:

In summary the Matric class of 2023 achieved the following results: 

• 100% pass rate 
• 133 Bachelor’s Degree pass  
• 2 candidates qualify for the St Stithians Academic Honours Summa Cum Laude (an average of 90% or above) 
• 1 student was placed on the IEB list for Outstanding Achievement (i.e. top 5% of all IEB candidates in 6 or more subjects and 80% or more for Life Orientation)
• 1 student was placed on the IEB list for Commendable Achievement (i.e. top 5% of all IEB candidates in 5 subjects and 80% or more for Life Orientation)
• 9 candidates achieved 14 marks within the top 1% of all IEB candidates in a specific subject, across 9 subjects
• There were 294 distinctions from 138 candidates
• 92 of all candidates achieved at least one distinction  
• 87 students achieved an average of 70% or higher

 

Message from the Head of School

 

To the Boys’ College Matric Class of 2023 - A Message from Mr David du Toit about the Matric Results

 

Dear Matrics

What an exciting moment for you as a cohort of young men to receive your collective results for your Matric Finals. This does truly mark the end of your schooling career. It is my privilege to congratulate you, our Class of 2023, on the excellent results you have achieved. We are so very proud of you. Halala Matikuletsheni, kilasi lika 2023:  HALALA! 

Ethan Gondo called on you as a Matric Class to ‘Believe’, and to stand together as Brothers in support of one another. We call on our Saints Knights to, through the opportunities and challenges at school, leave our College as young men of good character who are ready to serve, lead, contribute and make a difference to the lives of others. I celebrate you on responding so very successfully to these ‘calls’. Thank you for the legacy of excellence and passion you have left in the Boys’ College and in our Saints community, and for being a group of ‘thoroughly lovely young men’. 2023 was an exceptional year in the history of your College.

‘Work Hard, Be Nice’ has been a mantra for our school. You have worked hard and achieved many successes in many Pillars of the school, but most importantly you are good human beings. I remind you now to show gratitude – in our moments of success we must remember that success is built on broader support in our lives. To your parents who have loved you, supported and cared for you, and given you the opportunity to attend an excellent school. To your friends who have carried you at times, collaborated with you, and ensured that the journey was fun. And very importantly to the staff in your school journey; from early years in primary school to those who passionately and with skill and determination taught and coached you and cared for you in high school. Be sure to take a moment to thank these people. 

Your results reflect not only your hard work, your ability, and your accountability, but also your resilience. Many of the academic achievements of your class are the very best that any class has achieved at the Boys’ College. You should be proud of one another as you have done this together. Stop, look around at your peers and congratulate them. What stands out for me is that each student has had their own unique success – for some it is 7 distinctions, for some a BD pass and for some the chance to move into tertiary study. What comes next is now up to you, and we wish you every success and much joy and fulfilment in your futures.

I extend my thanks to all who have nurtured, listened, advised and pushed you along the way, in particular our Boys’ College staff to whom I am very thankful to for their commitment to your growth. Teachers from our Junior Prep and Boys’ Prep, as well as those teachers in other feeder prep schools who have played such important roles in setting you up for your success and will be interested to see how well you have done. I thank them for their impact in your lives. On your behalf, I also thank the Independent Examination Board, who dealt with queries and issues timeously and efficiently, and ran an examination system of the highest standard. 

One of the great successes of your Matric Class was the very positive relationship you have nurtured with your Sisters across Baytopp. Today I do want to congratulate the Girls’ College Class of 2023, and their superb staff led by Dr James, on their truly outstanding academic results and thank them for their brilliant contributions to an excellent 2023. A strength of St Sithians College is the potential that arises out of collaboration between our various schools. In 2023 we have seen this, as collectively we have strived towards Happy Fulfilment.

As I wish you the very best for your future I trust that you will remember the lessons and values you have learnt at St Stithians College, and that these will stand you in good stead in the challenging and uncertain but exciting times we face. Continue to Honour God, Honour Others and Honour Self and to live out John Wesley’s invitation to ‘Do all the good you can …, as long as ever you can.’ Much is expected of you.

I look forward to hearing of your success in life, and until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand. 

‘And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.’ (1 Corinthians 13)

Warm regards
 

Mr David du Toit
Head of School: Boys' College 

 

St Stithians Academic Honours Summa Cum Laude (average of 90% or above):

 

National IEB Achievements:

The following student was placed on the IEB’s list for Commendable Achievement (i.e. achieved within the top 5% of learners in 5 subjects and a rating of level 7 in Life Orientation):  

• Cameron Thompson

 

The following student was placed on the IEB’s list for Outstanding Achievement (i.e. achieved within the top 5% of learners in 6 or more subjects and a rating of level 7 in Life Orientation):  

• Mohamed Mohamed

 

The following students have achieved a result in the top 1% of IEB candidates in their subject:  

• Ethan Gondo (Dramatic Arts)
• Shane Dos Reis (Dramatic Arts)
• Aryan Govender (English Home Language)
• Mohamed Mohamed (French Second Additional Language, Life Orientation, Life Sciences, Mathematics and Physical Sciences)
• Benjamin Klöss (History)
• Luca Testaferrata (History and Life Orientation)
• Ashley Kevan (Life Orientation)
• Luke Shapley (Life Sciences)
• Thomas Madidimalo (Sesotho First Additional Language)

 

Distinction candidates (in order of number of distinctions achieved):

9 Distinction (subjects at Level 7): 1 student

 

8 Distinctions (subjects at Level 7): 2 students

 

7 Distinctions (subjects at Level 7): 4 students

Kwande Bam

Accounting, English Home Language, History, isiZulu First Additional Language, Life Orientation, Mathematics and Physical Sciences.

Aryan Govender

English Home Language, History, Information Technology, isiZulu First Additional Language, Life Orientation, Mathematics and Physical Sciences.

Luke Shapley

Afrikaans First Additional Language, English Home Language, Information Technology, Life Orientation, Life Sciences, Mathematics and Physical Sciences.

William Southworth

English Home Language, Further Studies Mathematics, Geography, Life Orientation, Life Sciences, Mathematics and Physical Sciences

 

6 Distinctions (subjects at Level 7): 5 students

 

5 Distinctions (subjects at Level 7): 16 students

 

4 Distinctions (subjects at Level 7): 8 students

 

3 Distinctions (subjects at level 7): 13 students

Fayz Ally, Ethan Gondo, Lesego Jonas, Mathula Sikhakhane, Kiaan Sundersingh, Luke Tillett, Ndzalama Tlakula, Luke Turner, Aidan Van der Breggen, Reece Williams, Jonathan Wilson, Candidate X*, Candidate X*.

 

2 Distinctions (subjects at level 7):  17 students

Aydan Bardien, Casey Chadehumbe, Matthew De Vasconcelos, Connor Doig, Declan Heydra, Adrian Keys, Ziyad Khan, Joshua Metcalf, Phakisa Mokhesi, Thamsanqa Mthwa, Mavutani Nkuna, Chazya Siwale, Elmar Smith, Charles Van Heerden, Ethan Wood, Candidate X*, Candidate X*.

 

1 Distinction (subjects at level 7):  38 students

Sean Bell, Christopher Erasmus, Lungelo Gumede, Neo Kekana, Tanner Kleynhans, Chad Kruger, Ethan Kwong Hing, Austin Machido, Kwandza Maduna, Bayanda Makenete, Callum McLean, Josh Meiring, Connor Milns, Sebastian Moll, Takalani Nemuhuyuni, Khaya Nxumalo, Declan Paulsen, Yashlin Perumal, Justin Saad, Nathan Schmidt, Atidaishe Takawira, Taine Tanner-Ellis, Candidate X*, Candidate X*, Candidate X*, Candidate X*

 

We wish all our matriculants a fulfilling first year out of school, wherever they find themselves, and we encourage them – One and All – to stay connected with St Stithians as they venture forth into this new stage of their lives.

 

Mr David du Toit                                                                                                       Mrs Celeste Gilardi
Head of School                                                                                                          Rector 
St Stithians Boys’ College                                                                                          St Stithians College

 

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