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Promotion Criteria 

2010

 

 

 

VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION!!!

 

Dear Parents/Guardians

Please take note of the following new promotion criteria from the Department of Education that will be implemented this year. Your child will be required to achieve certain levels of competency in each of the Learning Areas in order to be promoted to the next grade. Failure to achieve these levels may require that your child will have to repeat the grade in 2010.

Please read the promotion requirements and contact the school if you are uncertain as to what they mean.

FOUNDATION PHASE

To be promoted to the next grade in the Foundation Phase (Grade 1, 2 and 3) the following levels must be achieved:

 

Levels:

1.        At least a 3 for Literacy (English)

2.        At least a 3 for Numeracy

 

INTERMEDIATE PHASE

To be promoted to the next grade in the Intermediate Phase (Grade 4, 5 and 6) the following levels need to be achieved:

 

1.        At least a 3 for any 3 Learning Areas one of which must be English

2.        At least a 2 for any 3 of the remaining Learning Areas, one of which must be Mathematics

Levels:

4

70 – 100%

3

50 – 69%

2

35 – 49%

1

0 – 34%

 

SENIOR PHASE

To be promoted to the next grade in the Senior Phase (7, 8 and 9) the following levels need to be achieved:

 

1.        At least a 4 for any 3 Learning Areas, one of which must be English

2.        At least a 3 for any 3 of the remaining Learning Areas one of which must be Mathematics

 

Levels:

7

80 – 100%

6

70 – 79%

5

60 – 69%

4

50 – 59%

3

40 – 49%

2

30 – 39%

1

0 – 29%

  

Mr.N.B.Van Graan -   Headmaster