St Mary'S Dsg Kloof Kwazulu-Natal (Durban)

Okay so St Mary's DSG Kloof. "Serene and nature-filled suburb." That is beautiful. That is poetic. That is also R174,105 a year for Grade 12, which is not serene at all, that is a financial emergency. Your dad is not paying school fees, he is financing a small sectional title in Brackenfell. By the time you finish matric, your parents have spent more on your education than most people spend on a car, a wedding, and a kitchen renovation combined. "Steeped in tradition and family values." Yes, the tradition of being Anglican and the family value of making sure the family has significantly less money than before. Nearly nine hundred girls on that campus, one teacher for every nine of them, so the ratio is actually decent, which means you genuinely have no excuse for underperforming. And they do not underperform, hundred percent matric pass rate, so fair enough, the machine works. You just have to sell a kidney to get into the machine. Boarding is available, which makes sense because Kloof is basically where Durban goes when it wants to feel like it is not Durban. Very leafy, very quiet, very "we do not talk about the N3." The girls come out polished, well-spoken, and completely unprepared for a taxi rank. Overall verdict: If you can afford it, it is genuinely elite and the results prove it, but your parents deserve their own matric rage after paying those fees.