Welcome to Curro Holdings
Curro Holdings is the parent company of all Curro Private Schools. Our role is to establish new private schools and to back each school with a solid management team experienced in the field of education. This creates the sustainability needed to ensure the ongoing level of excellence in teaching the leaders of tomorrow.
Paladin: New shareholder in Curro Holdings
Paladin Capital, a PSG subsidiary, acquired a 50% stake in Curro Holdings in April 2009. The invested capital enables Curro to aggressively expand its footprint to a vision of 15 schools over the forseeable future. Three of Paladin's directors have also joined the Curro board.
The Curro Executive Directors
Back (from left to right): Mr P.J. Mouton (Paladin), Mr B. van der Linde (Paladin), Mr E.A. Conradie (Director: Client Services), Mr M.J. Franken (Director: Human Resources), Mr E. Ungerer (Director: Curriculum, Policy and Accreditation), Mr A.J.F. Greyling (Director: Finances)
Front (from left to right): Mr F.W. Swart (Paladin), Adv J.A. le Roux SC (Chairman), Dr. C.R. van der Merwe (Managing Director)
The Curro Holdings vision
Curro is the market leader in providing affordable, quality private school education in South Africa.
The Curro Holdings Model
To offer a balanced, safe and stable educational environment characterized by:
- A Christian ethos
- Child friendliness
- Positive discipline
- Suitably qualified and committed educators
- Small classes (maximum 20 learners)
- Parallel-medium tuition (i.e. Afrikaans & English in seperate classes with mother-tongue educators) from Grade R to 9 and dual medium from Grade 10 to 12
- Balanced academic, sport and cultural activities - always striving for excellence
- High quality computer technology
- Curriculum standards benchmarked by external examinations, tests and olympiads
- Dynamic leadership and curriculum management
- Individuation: the process of individualization
- Value added programmes
Current Curro Schools
There are currently five Curro Schools in operation:
Curro Durbanville
Curro Durbanville, established in 1998, is a parallel-medium school from Grade R-12.
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Curro Langebaan
Curro Langebaan, established in 2007, is a parallel-medium school from Grade 1-10, phasing in Grades 11-12.
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Curro Hazeldean
Curro Hazeldean, established in 2008, is a parallel-medium school from Grade R-9, phasing in Grades 10-12.
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Curro Roodeplaat
Our latest development is a parallel-medium school from Grade R-8, phasing in Grades 9-12.
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Rector Mr. D. van Emmenis
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Rector Mr. A. Pollard
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Rector Dr. L. Dey
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Rector Mr. J.H. Bissett
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For further information, see the Curro Durbanville website.
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For further information, see the Curro Langebaan website. |
For further information, see the Curro Hazeldean website. |
For further information, see the Curro Roodeplaat website. |
Curro Liberty College
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| Liberty College, situated in Witbank, was acquired by Curro Holdings in November 2009. The school is currently still on their own campus, and will be incorporated into our new school, Curro Bankenveld, opening in January 2011. |
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Acting Principal: Mrs. Anne Vertue
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Future developments
In keeping with Curro's School Vision, we have already identified several sites throughout South Africa for the building of new schools. These sites are in varying stages of development and include Curro Hazeldean High School (Pretoria), Curro Mossel Bay, Curro Krugersdorp, Curro Hermanus, Curro Bankenveld (Witbank) etc.
Social responsibility
Although we are a private school company, we endeaver to fulfill our social responsibilities by means of:
- Bursaries to talented, disadvantaged learners
- Interaction with disadvantaged schools
- Donations towards organizations who care for the needy
Client service
Thank you for visiting our website. Should you need further information or assistance regarding Curro Holdings, please contact the Director: Client Services, Mr Eddie Conradie at our office.
For any school-related matter, please contact the relevant school. For web information, select from the menu above.