CAPS
Preparatory School subjects
- English
- Afrikaans or isiZulu
- Mathematics
- Life Skills
- Physical Education
- Natural Science & Technology
- Social Sciences
- Creative Arts
What we offer
A rich offering,
across every sphere.
From the classroom to the field to the person each child becomes.
Our approach
Learning,
naturally.
This is the way Broadacres teaches: every day, in every classroom, across every phase.
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Alongside, not in front of
A teacher works beside each child, pitching every task just beyond what they can already do, and stepping back as they grow into it.
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Hands first, then ideas
Learning starts with real materials, real tasks and real-world contexts — and then moves through models and into abstract thought.
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Language-rich rooms
Classrooms are full of talk. Children explain, question and argue their way into understanding, with adults who listen carefully.
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Play is serious work
From Preschool upward, play is treated as the real thing — where children test ideas, build relationships and practise being themselves.
The tradition behind this is Vygotskian constructivism. It sits closely with the African truth that a person becomes a person through other people.
It is how children were built to learn. We just don't get in the way.
Want the longer version?
Each School Head walks families through the full philosophy — Vygotsky, the Zone of Proximal Development, scaffolding, and what it all looks like in a real classroom.
Book a walkaboutCurriculum & academics
CAPS curriculum,
IEB for matric assessment.
CAPS gives us a strong, nationally recognised foundation. The IEB gives our High School students an internationally benchmarked matric certificate, accepted at universities across South Africa and abroad.
Our academic programme is delivered by qualified, experienced teachers who believe in depth as well as breadth. We give particular focus to mastery in the subjects that open doors later — English, Mathematics and the Sciences — and we teach every other subject with that same care and intention.
IEB
High School subjects
- English
- Afrikaans or isiZulu
- Mathematics or Mathematical Literacy
- Life Orientation
- Electives across the Sciences
- Electives across the Humanities
- Electives across Commerce
Full elective list confirmed with families at enrolment.
Sports & co-curricular
Designed for participation, not performance only.
Every child finds a place in our sports and co-curricular programme. Offerings vary by phase, and a full list is available from the school.
Sports
- Swimming
- Rugby
- Soccer
- Netball
- Tennis
- Basketball
- Chess
Cultural
- Choir
- Drama
- Music
- Public Speaking
- Debating
- Art
- Eco Club
- Marimba
Outreach & community
Outreach is part of the school calendar. Each phase partners with a community cause through the year, and children take part in age-appropriate ways — from collection drives in Preschool to service projects and conservation work in High School. A child who contributes meaningfully is one of the four pathways we care about most.
Class sizes
Small enough for every child to be genuinely known.
Class sizes vary slightly by phase, and stay within the range that lets a teacher see every child every day. Our students are not numbers... they are individuals.
Aftercare & holidays
Structured, warm, and built for busy families.
Aftercare is available for children up to Grade 6, running from the end of the academic day until 17:30. Children are supervised, fed and comfortable — somewhere between school and home, not an afterthought.
A holiday care programme runs during school breaks, with a few closed days over December and January.
Meals
Well-fed children, every day.
Good food is part of the day, not an afterthought. How we handle meals shifts with age — included in the programme for our youngest, a healthy cafeteria for everyone else.
Preschool
Whole-food meals, included in the day.
Meals for our Preschool children are part of the daily programme, based on their attendance option. The meals are cooked on site, planned around the age of the child.
Junior Prep, Senior Prep & High School
A healthy cafeteria,
pre-orderable by families.
From Grade 0 up, we run a healthy cafeteria service. Meals can be pre-ordered so the lunchbox question is solved before the week starts.
Transport
A bus service on selected routes.
A bus service runs between our Syringa and Chartwell campuses daily, as well as on selected routes across our surrounding neighbourhoods. Routes and capacity change year to year. Please speak to admissions for the latest options.
Speak to admissions- Broadacres
- Fourways
- Dainfern
- Chartwell
- Cedar Lakes
- Lonehill
- Subject to change.
Four pathways to thrive
The kind of adults we help children become.
Broadacres, as part of the ThriveEd family, develops the whole child through four pathways to thrive. These are not school subjects. They are the outcomes we care about most.
01
Summit
Climbers
Children who stretch themselves, who set goals, take on hard things, and climb with courage — academically, creatively and personally.
02
Habit
Champions
Children who build the small, steady routines that make a life: Study, sleep, effort, kindness, finishing what they start.
03
Relationship
Builders
Children who know how to be with people, who listen, care, collaborate, and live the truth that a person becomes a person through other people.
04
Meaningful
Contributors
Children who look outward, who bring something of themselves to the world — through outreach, service, craft, ideas, and the everyday act of turning up well.
