Merrifield Preparatory School and College

CombinedIndependent EMIS: 200201040

Beacon Bay, BUFFALO CITY, Eastern Cape

721

Learners

11:1

L:E Ratio

—

Quintile

Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025

About This School

Merrifield Preparatory School and College is an independent combined school in Beacon Bay, within the BUFFALO CITY education district of the Eastern Cape. It is a medium-sized school with 721 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 67%

(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.

Sakhikamva High School

SecondaryPublicQ3

1 040 learners 25 educators 42:1

Lower L:E ratio than 10%

Beaconbay · 0.1km away

Floradale Farm School

PrimaryPublicQ2

1 247 learners 33 educators 38:1

Lower L:E ratio than 5%

Nompumolelo · 0.8km away

Bellafides Private School

CombinedIndependent

146 learners 15 educators 10:1

Lower L:E ratio than 77%

Beacon Bay · 1.2km away

Abbotsford Christian School

PrimaryIndependent

362 learners 26 educators 14:1

Lower L:E ratio than 63%

Abbotsford · 1.6km away

East London Montessori School

PrimaryIndependent

218 learners 14 educators 16:1

Lower L:E ratio than 55%

Buffalo City · 2.8km away

Schools Like This

Combined schools in Beacon Bay with similar characteristics.

Bellafides Private School

CombinedIndependent

146 learners 15 educators 10:1

Lower L:E ratio than 77%

Beacon Bay

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Contact

CNR of N6 and Bonza Bay Road, Homeleigh, 5212

0437486094

Directions

Distance to Major Centres

Straight-line distance (actual driving may differ)

East London7.4 km

King William's Town49.7 km

Port Alfred119.6 km

Makhanda135.1 km

Queenstown152.5 km

Mthatha171.7 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.