At a glance
- Type
- Independent primary
- Fees
- Independent, sets own fees
Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025 · NSC School Performance Report 2025 · Processed 8 Aug 2026
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What does Smiley Kids Educational Centre say about itself?
Smiley Kids Educational Centre is a private primary school serving families in and around Zululand district. Being privately run, it sets its own fees rather than following the government quintile scale. Has the best teaching ways and produces the best result each year
- Curriculum
- NSC
- Language of instruction
- English
- Affiliation
- CHRISTIAN
- Founded
- 2009
- Grades offered
- Grade RR – Grade 7
- School hours
- 07:30 -14:30
- Principal
- Miss N P Buthelezi
Subjects
Sports & extramurals
How do you apply to Smiley Kids Educational Centre?
Admissions window: August -September
You may collect the form at the school with a R100 fee Or Call 0840871195 for more information
Registration fee: R4 500
Application deadline: 2026-09-30
Confirm directly with the school before applying.
What does Smiley Kids Educational Centre cost?
Upfront/annual payment discount: 1% · Sibling discount: 1%
4500 deposite to be paid in December R970 lnstallments from January to October
Fees may change: always confirm with the school directly. Q1–Q3 public schools are no-fee schools by national policy.
What kind of school is Smiley Kids Educational Centre?
Smiley Kids Educational Centre is an independent primary school in Zululand, within the Zululand education district of the KwaZulu-Natal. EMIS records it as a small school with 193 enrolled learners and 13 educators, giving a learner-to-educator ratio of 15:1.
Among 114 Independent Primary schools in KwaZulu-Natal, it has a learner-educator ratio close to the median for similar schools.
The school is at 1567 D Unomdayana Street Ulundi Ulundi 3838, and can be reached on 0658375146 / 0840871195.
What is the learner-to-educator ratio at Smiley Kids Educational Centre?
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 50% of similar schools
(Independent Primary schools in KwaZulu-Natal)
More about this school Insights, matric results, how it compares, data notes
What You Should Know
Independent school
Privately-run with its own fee structure, curriculum flexibility, and admission policies. Registered with the Department of Education.
Small school
This school has 193 enrolled learners.
Contact
Contact details updated by the school · not from EMIS.
This page is maintained by the school.
Location
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Distance to Major Centres
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What other schools are near Smiley Kids Educational Centre?
Other schools within a few kilometres. Proximity does not imply similarity: these schools may serve different phases, quintiles, or communities.
Fewer learners per educator than 88% of similar schools
Among the highest learner-educator ratios of 235 similar schools
Fewer learners per educator than 42% of similar schools
Fewer learners per educator than 23% of similar schools
Fewer learners per educator than 69% of similar schools
Schools serving similar communities
Other independent primary schools in KwaZulu-Natal.
Grouped by sector, phase and province. Independent schools are fee-funded rather than quintile-funded, so they are not compared against public schools. This grouping is for browsing and is broader than the peer group used for the matric percentile above.
Fewer learners per educator than 42% of similar schools
Fewer learners per educator than 63% of similar schools
Fewer learners per educator than 48% of similar schools
Frequently Asked Questions
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). Learner-educator comparisons group schools by quintile, phase and province; matric comparisons group by sector and province, plus quintile for public schools. The learner-educator ratio includes all staff classified as educators, so actual class sizes may differ. Learn about our methodology
Some details on this page (each marked “Provided by the school”) were supplied by the school and are not independently verified by SchoolSeek. The official statistics above (learner and educator numbers, quintile, learner-educator ratio, and matric results) are unchanged and come from DBE EMIS Q3 2025 and NSC School Performance Report 2025.
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