Assumption Convent School

Assumption Convent School is an independent Catholic day school for girls in Malvern East, Germiston, on Johannesburg’s East Rand (close to Eastgate and Bedford Centre). Founded in 1946 by the Missionary Sisters of the Assumption, it educates pupils from pre-primary to Grade 12 – with a co-educational pre-primary (“Baby Steps”) and a girls-only school from Grade 1 – and writes the IEB National Senior Certificate. It is a member of ISASA and an associate of the Catholic Schools Board.

Guided by its motto “Fully Alive” (John 10:10), the school offers a holistic, Catholic education that nurtures body, mind and spirit, welcoming pupils of all faiths and grounding them in Christian values, servant leadership and community outreach. As a deliberately small school – fewer than 600 pupils, with classes rarely exceeding 25 – it knows every child by name, summed up in its philosophy of “one pupil x 400.” As a single-sex school, it tailors teaching to how girls learn best and reserves all leadership roles for girls.

Academically Assumption is excellent: its matriculants have achieved a 100% university pass rate over the past five years, consistently scoring above the IEB average, and the University of the Witwatersrand recognises it among its top-10 feeder schools. Open academic scholarships are offered to girls entering Grade 8.

Co-curricular life is full, spanning sport such as hockey, netball, swimming, tennis, athletics and rowing, plus debating, drama, music, coding and chess. Recent high-school fees are in the region of R134,000 to R146,000 a year; full fee and admissions details are available from the school.