Redhill School

In Brief

Redhill is the pick for families who want academic rigour without the traditional South African school culture - no homework until senior school, IB alongside IEB, and results that speak for themselves. Worth a campus visit before you decide.

Redhill sits in a different category to most Johannesburg private schools. Its 105-hectare Morningside campus is deliberately co-educational, secular, and diverse. The choice of IB Diploma or IEB matric - and the IB Middle Years Programme through Grades 6-9 - is unusual in South Africa; only a handful of schools offer the MYP at all. The 2025 IEB results were the best among South African private schools, and the 2025 IB average was 34.0, which is Africa's highest.

The school's progressive approach goes beyond curriculum. No homework until senior school is a real point of difference that divides opinion but generates strong parent loyalty among those who stay. The Good Schools Guide review notes warm energy across the campus, inclusive pastoral care, and teachers who notice individual children quickly. The arts programme is taken as seriously as sport, which is less common in Johannesburg's private school market.

Fees are competitive relative to AISJ and international schools abroad, but Redhill draws primarily from South African and long-term resident families rather than the transient expat market - which shapes community culture. Families arriving on short assignments should ask how well the school handles mid-year intake and how the community integrates families who may leave within two years.