Busy Bees Junior Primary School

CombinedIndependent EMIS: 200300863

Butterworth, AMATHOLE EAST, Eastern Cape

500

Learners

21:1

L:E Ratio

—

Quintile

Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025

About This School

Busy Bees Junior Primary School is an independent combined school in Butterworth, within the AMATHOLE EAST education district of the Eastern Cape. It is a medium-sized school with 500 enrolled learners.

What You Should Know

Independent school

Privately-run with its own fee structure, curriculum flexibility, and admission policies. Registered with the Department of Education.

Combined school

Classified as a combined school in EMIS, covering both primary and secondary phases.

Learner-Educator Ratio Context

Learner-educator ratio relative to schools in the same quintile and phase. This includes all staff classified as educators (teachers, HODs, principals) — actual class sizes may differ.

Lower L:E ratio than 20%

(Combined schools in Eastern Cape)

Matric Results

Matric results are not yet available for this school. This may be because the school writes IEB or Cambridge exams (not included in DBE reporting), is newly registered, or had no matric candidates in recent years.

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Nearby Schools

Other schools within a few kilometres. Proximity does not imply similarity — these schools may serve different phases, quintiles, or communities.

Good Shepherd Christian School

PrimaryIndependent

748 learners 25 educators 30:1

Lower L:E ratio than 11%

Butterworth · 0.2km away

Little Angels School

CombinedIndependent

857 learners 30 educators 29:1

Lower L:E ratio than 8%

Butterworth · 0.2km away

Eluxolweni Junior Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ3

94 learners 3 educators 31:1

Lower L:E ratio than 40%

Ebungeni Farm Squatters · 0.6km away

Butterworth High School

CombinedPublicQ3

1 558 learners 51 educators 31:1

Lower L:E ratio than 55%

Butterworth · 0.6km away

First Step Montessori Butterworth

CombinedIndependent

456 learners 14 educators 33:1

Lower L:E ratio than 2%

Amathole East · 0.6km away

Schools Like This

Combined schools in Butterworth with similar characteristics.

Ebeneza Christian School

CombinedIndependent

110 learners 8 educators 14:1

Lower L:E ratio than 49%

Butterworth

Little Angels School

CombinedIndependent

857 learners 30 educators 29:1

Lower L:E ratio than 8%

Butterworth

Highview Comprehensive School

CombinedIndependent

155 learners 7 educators 22:1

Lower L:E ratio than 18%

Butterworth

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Contact

18 Carnegie Street,Ext. 2,Butterworth,4960

0474918130

Directions

Distance to Major Centres

Straight-line distance (actual driving may differ)

East London79.5 km

King William's Town93.4 km

Mthatha102 km

Queenstown128.5 km

Port Alfred182.9 km

Makhanda185.6 km

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School data: DBE EMIS Q3 2025. Matric results: NSC School Performance Report 2025. Infrastructure: NEIMS/EFMS 2021 (historical). Class size comparisons are based on schools within the same quintile, phase, and province. Learn about our methodology

Some data fields may not be available for all schools. Missing data is shown as '—' or 'Not available'. Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025.