Roedean School (Johannesburg)

Roedean School in Parktown, where your parents don't just pay school fees, they pay for a whole lifestyle. R233,104 for Grade 12. That is not a school fee, that is a bond repayment. Some families in Johannesburg are raising three kids on that for a year, and Roedean is charging it per child, per year, just for Grade 12. By the time your daughter finishes from Grade R to matric, your family has basically bought a second house. In Parktown. Which, let's be honest, is exactly the kind of thing Roedean parents would do. But okay, fine, you get what you pay for. Six learners per teacher. SIX. That is basically private tutoring with a blazer dress code. And a 100% matric pass rate, which is very impressive, and also completely expected when you have 128 teachers for 762 girls. If a kid fails at Roedean the teacher probably personally drives her home to explain the concept again. Now the school says it nurtures "socially responsible young women who go on to lead lives of significance." Bro. Lives of significance. Not just good lives, not just successful lives. Significant ones. For R233k a year, your daughter better not just lead, she better arrive at the front in a helicopter. To be fair though, it is a Christian school with boarding, a 100% pass rate, and enough staff to basically babysit every six students individually. So genuinely, the product is there. Overall verdict: Roedean is what happens when excellence meets an invoice that needs its own financial advisor, but it absolutely delivers.