What is taught at each grade, subject choices and how the year is structured.
Mathematics and Physical Sciences are the two subjects that keep science, engineering and health-science degrees open. Life Sciences matters for the biological and medical routes. Choose them in Grade 10 — adding them later…
A reading gap changes the decision entirely. Until a child can read at close to grade level, curriculum choice matters far less than closing that gap — and mainstream pacing will keep the gap…
CAPS, Remedial CAPS and Special Needs CAPS are delivered in English and Afrikaans at Saving Grace. Cambridge is an English-medium international curriculum. Afrikaans as Home Language and as First Additional Language are different subjects…
Remedial CAPS addresses a gap in what a child has learned. Special Needs CAPS addresses a barrier to demonstrating what they already know. A child can need both, and choosing the wrong one costs…
Measure the gap before you choose a response. Being behind is common and recoverable, and there are three routes back — bridging inside the current grade, a supported pace, or repeating. Repeating is the…
You can move between curricula mid-year, and families do it every year. What transfers depends on the phase your child is in and how far through the year you are — the earlier in…
Mathematics keeps science, engineering, commerce and health-science degrees open. Mathematical Literacy does not, but it is a real subject that suits many learners and many careers. Decide on evidence from Grades 8 and 9,…
Seven subjects: four compulsory — a home language, a second language, Life Orientation, and either Mathematics or Mathematical Literacy — plus three electives of your choosing. You cannot take both Mathematics and Mathematical Literacy,…
Five options: CAPS (the South African national curriculum, Grades R–12), Cambridge (international, Reception to A Levels), Special Needs, Special Needs CAPS, and Remedial CAPS for a learner who has fallen behind and needs to…
