All Saints College (Phalaborwa)

All Saints College in Phalaborwa, Limpopo. Phalaborwa. The town that exists because of a mine and stubbornness. You are telling me there is a private school out there next to one of the biggest holes in the ground in Africa, and they are charging private school fees for it? Bold move. Very bold move. At least the learners know what rock bottom looks like, literally, they can see it from the school probably. Now listen, 1620 learners and only 55 educators. That is a 29.5 to 1 ratio. At a private school. You are paying private school money to be in a class that size? Bru, that is not a classroom, that is a taxi. A Quantum with a whiteboard. The teacher is the driver, you are all crammed in, and someone in the back definitely does not have a seat. Government school vibes with a private school price tag, jy weet hoe is dit. But here is where I have to give it to them. A 99.1% matric pass rate in Limpopo? That is not a small thing. That is genuinely impressive. With nearly 30 kids per teacher, in Phalaborwa of all places, they are still almost hitting a clean sweep. That teacher is not just teaching, that teacher is performing miracles on a budget. Overall verdict: All Saints College is basically a government school in a blazer, located next to a giant hole in the earth, charging you accordingly, but somehow producing results that make the fancy Cape Town schools look nervous.