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The 2026 ranking

Cape Town’s ten most-researched schools

Ranked purely by parent interest — the number of families who opened each school’s profile and spent time reading it between September 2025 and August 2026.

What’s on offer

Curricula & languages in Cape Town

The mix of programmes and teaching languages across all 36 schools. Many offer more than one curriculum, so totals run higher than the school count.

Most popular curricula

Number of schools teaching each curriculum.

British
13
Montessori
6
French
2
IB
1
American
1
Other
15

Languages of instruction

Number of schools teaching in each language.

English
33
French
2
German
1

Size & classes

How big are the schools, and the classes?

School size and class size shape day-to-day experience as much as curriculum does.

School size, by students

Schools grouped by total enrolment.

Avg 537
2
3
15
9
4
0
0–100100–250250–500500–1,0001,000–2,0002,000+

Average school size is 537 students · based on the 33 schools that report enrolment.

Class size

Schools grouped by typical class size.

Avg 18.7
2
6
5
11
6
5–910–1415–1920–2425–29

Average class size is 18.7 students · based on the 30 schools that report it.

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