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Diocesan School for Girls

CombinedIndependent EMIS: 200100171

Grahamstown, SARAH BAARTMAN, Eastern Cape

519
Learners
10:1
L:E Ratio
Quintile
Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025

About This School

Diocesan School for Girls is an independent combined school in Grahamstown, within the SARAH BAARTMAN education district of the Eastern Cape. It is a medium-sized school with 519 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 75%

(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.

St Andrew's Primary School
PrimaryIndependent
200 learners 69 educators 3:1
Lower L:E ratio than 99%
Grahamstown · 0.8km away
St Andrew's College
SecondaryIndependent
442 learners 46 educators 10:1
Lower L:E ratio than 60%
Grahamstown · 0.9km away
Good Shepherd Primary School
PrimaryPublicQ3
316 learners 12 educators 26:1
Lower L:E ratio than 60%
Hlalani Villa · 1.1km away
Graeme College Boys High School
CombinedPublicQ5
673 learners 42 educators 16:1
Lower L:E ratio than 88%
Hlalani Villa · 1.1km away
Capstone Christian Primary School
PrimaryIndependent
184 learners 13 educators 14:1
Lower L:E ratio than 60%
Grahamstown · 1.1km away

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Contact

WORCESTER STREET, GRAHAMSTOWN, 6140

Distance to Major Centres

Straight-line distance (actual driving may differ)

Makhanda1.2 km
Port Alfred46.7 km
King William's Town94 km
Gqeberha CBD112.1 km
Kariega115.4 km
East London133.4 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.