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Top Cambridge student, Xiaoya Huang

The students who wrote the A Level
examinations achieved a 100% pass rate
and 100% access to tertiary studies.
Top student, Xiaoya Huang, wrote four
A Levels and achieved ‘A’s for
Mathematics and Chemistry and an ‘A*’
for Chinese, with an outstanding overall
average of 83,75%.

Davies attributes this success to the
enrichment and strong partnership that
exists across the College, which
enabled staff and students to continue
to deliver excellence in very
This cross-curricular approach continues seamlessly into the High School where the challenging circumstances. He is sure
Grade 8s and 9s are exposed to Xtend-it, an innovative programme developed by that the IEB Matric results, due on
Dainfern College’s own staff based on the educational trends from Finland, along with all 19 February, will continue the strong
formal school subjects. tradition of academic distinction at
Dainfern College.
Since inception in 1997, the College has offered the IEB National Senior Certificate (Matric)
as its exit examination, and the first Grade 12 cohort wrote Matric in 2001. As Dainfern “We strive at all times to provide a ‘world of
College is a member of the international Round Square association of schools, education’ through the structured and
internationalism is one of its key drivers. Thus, in 2019, the College added Cambridge progressive academic journey that is in
Assessment International Education to its academic offering with the introduction of the place at Dainfern College from Grade 0000
Cambridge A Level programme as an optional exit examination. This international education through to Grade 12. Despite the need in
option is offered in parallel at the College, alongside its excellent IEB Matric curriculum. 2020 to complete much of the academic
Students choose between the A Level and Matric programmes at the start of Grade 11. year either remotely or through a hybrid
system of online and on-campus
College Principal, Mr Matthew Davies, comments: “The results from the inaugural A Level learning, our innovative approach to all
Class of 2020 are cause for celebration of the excellent integration of this additional aspects of education, supported by strong
academic programme at Dainfern College as well as the superb teaching of the Cambridge leadership and our Christian ethos and
staff, under the leadership of Ms Joulia Karamichael, the Director of Cambridge Studies at values, ensured that our students
our College.” continued to thrive.” n

For further information about
Dainfern College, please email
enrolments manager
Mrs Fiona Siebert at
enrol@dainferncollege.co.za.

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