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Ethembeni School for the Physically Disabled and Visually Impaired

Special NeedsPublicVisual Impairment School EMIS: 500142302

Provides specialist education for learners with visual impairments.

Inchanga, Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal

147
Learners
5:1
Learners per educator
—
Quintile
Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025 + NSC School Performance Report 2025Last updated

What kind of school is Ethembeni School for the Physically Disabled and Visually Impaired?

Ethembeni School for the Physically Disabled and Visually Impaired is a public special needs school in Inchanga, within the Pinetown education district of the KwaZulu-Natal. EMIS records it as a small school with 147 enrolled learners and 28 educators, giving a learner-to-educator ratio of 5:1.

The school falls within the Ethekwini Metropolitan Municipality local municipality. Among 77 Special Needs schools in KwaZulu-Natal, it has fewer learners per educator than 96% of similar schools.

The school is at Old Main Road, Inchanga, Hillcrest, 3670, and can be reached on 031 942 1783.

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Small school

This school has 147 enrolled learners.

What is the learner-to-educator ratio at Ethembeni School for the Physically Disabled and Visually Impaired?

How many learners there are per educator, compared to schools in the same quintile and phase. The educator count includes teachers, heads of department, and principals — so real class sizes are usually larger than this number suggests.

Fewer learners per educator than 96% of similar schools

(Special Needs schools in KwaZulu-Natal)

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Old Main Road, Inchanga, Hillcrest, 3670

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Distance to Major Centres

By road. Driving times are estimates in free-flowing traffic and exclude congestion.

Pinetown29.4 km · 23 min
Pietermaritzburg35.2 km · 25 min
Westville37.8 km · 28 min

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Location

What other schools are near Ethembeni School for the Physically Disabled and Visually Impaired?

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

Kwathintwa School for the Deaf
Special NeedsPublic
300 learners 42 educators 7:1

Fewer learners per educator than 92% of similar schools

Inchanga · 0.1km away
Inchanga Primary School
PrimaryPublicQ2
1,369 learners 39 educators 35:1

Fewer learners per educator than 24% of similar schools

Next To Kwathintwa Sch. For The Deaf · 0.5km away
Rietvallei Combined School
CombinedPublicQ3
1,228 learners 34 educators 36:1

Fewer learners per educator than 28% of similar schools

Pinetown · 0.7km away
Inchanga Muslim School
PrimaryIndependent
263 learners 16 educators 16:1

Fewer learners per educator than 39% of similar schools

Inchanga · 0.9km away
Fredville S.P School
PrimaryPublicQ3
281 learners 10 educators 28:1

Fewer learners per educator than 76% of similar schools

Cato Ridge · 2.3km away

Schools serving similar communities

Other public special needs schools in KwaZulu-Natal with no quintile on record.

Grouped by quintile, phase and province. These schools face similar resource constraints to Ethembeni School for the Physically Disabled and Visually Impaired. This grouping is for browsing and is broader than the peer group used for the matric percentile above.

Kwathintwa School for the Deaf
Special NeedsPublic
300 learners 42 educators 7:1

Fewer learners per educator than 92% of similar schools

Inchanga
Fulton School for the Deaf 500145632
Special NeedsPublic
107 learners 24 educators 5:1

Fewer learners per educator than 99% of similar schools

Gillitts
The Browns' School
Special NeedsPublic
355 learners 41 educators 9:1

Fewer learners per educator than 76% of similar schools

Pinetown

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School data: DBE EMIS Q3 2025. Matric results: NSC School Performance Report 2025. Subject results: NSC School Subject Reports 2024 & 2025. Infrastructure: NEIMS/EFMS 2021 (historical). Peer comparisons are based on schools within the same quintile, phase, and province. The learner-educator ratio includes all staff classified as educators — actual class sizes may differ. Learn about our methodology

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