Redhill High School comes out on top
SANDTON - Following the release of the IEB matric results, there were numerous errors in the article highlighting Redhill High School’s stellar achievements in the Sandton Chronicle issue, week ending 8 January, and the newspaper expresses its sincerest apologies towards the school regarding these errors.
Redhill High School did exceptionally well and, along with a 100 percent pass rate, which has been consistently achieved over the past 41 years, the school saw an average of 2.63 distinctions per pupil. The pupils produced results of more than 60 percent in 86 percent of all subjects written.
The school saw pupils Suzanne Bell and Gabriella Clarkson being included in the IEB Outstanding Achievement list, which hosts pupils who are placed in the top 5 percent of all IEB students in six or more subjects with a level seven in life orientation.
Emma Buckland and Robert Damant were added to the IEB commendable achievement list which celebrates pupils who place in the top 5 percent for five subjects.
The school’s top pupil was Gabriella Clarkson who obtained 10 distinctions in English, advanced programme English, Afrikaans first additional language, mathematics, accounting, history, French, physical science, advanced programme mathematics and life orientation. A student who has performed consistently well since Grade 10, Clarkson also served as the school’s athletics captain. Clarkson also placed in the top 1 percent of all IEB candidates in English and life orientation.
With nine distinctions, Suzanne Bell, Emma Buckland and Arya Chinniah made their school extremely proud. Along with this achievement, Bell placed in the top 1 percent in accounting, Afrikaans first additional language and history; while Buckland placed in the top 1 percent in English, history and life orientation.
Not far behind were Bailee Critchfield and Redhill School’s head boy Robert Damant, who achieved an impressive eight distinctions while Damant was included in the IEB commendable achievement list.
Kayla Burger, Kate Dewey, Ben Liebenberg and Marko Sofijanic obtained seven distinctions with Sofijanic placing in the top 1 percent for geography; while Dewey achieved the same honour for English.
Caitlin Boeyens, Jamie Calf, Cailin Perrie and Sasha Richardson obtained six distinctions.
