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MITCHELLS PLAIN POLICE SHOW THEIR METTLE AT REGIONAL SERVICE EXCELLENCE AWARDS
School keeps top spot in results rivalry TOP PASS RATES HOLD STEADY
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he 2025 matric results showed that the top two schools in Mitchells Plain are continuing their 100% pass rate rivalry while several schools had a dramatic improvement in results. Darul Arqam Islamic High School in Eastridge achieved the 2025 top ranking, pipping Spine Road High in Rocklands, with whom it shared the top spot in 2024. The school maintained its 100% pass rate from the previous year while Spine Road moved to second place with 98,3% compared to 100% in 2024. Mondale High School in Portland achieved third place with 97,6%, down from 99,2% in 2024. Portland High is in fourth place with 96,8%, up from 2024’s 94,9%. Westridge High had a marked improvement with 90,3% in 2025 compared to 78,5% in 2024, bringing it up from 11th to fifth place. Rocklands High dropped to sixth place with 90,2% compared to 2024’s fifth placing of 92,7%.
Mitchells Plain Police Station commander Brigadier Brian Muller and supply-chain administrator Captain Carmen Hubbard attend the South African Police Service regional Excellence Awards at Century City on Saturday 17 January. Hubbard won third place in the Administrative Employee of the Year category.
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BIG IMPROVEMENTS Cedar High in Rocklands and Woodlands shared seventh place with 86,2%. For Cedar it was a big jump from 12th place in
2024 with 77,4%. For Woodlands the climb was by seven places because it achieved 14th place in 2024 with 73,6%. Glendale in Rocklands also had a marked improvement from 15th place in 2024 with 73,3% to eighth place in 2025 with 85,9%. Oval North in Lentegeur on the other hand had a small drop from sixth place in 2024 with 91,7% to ninth place in 2025 with 85,3%. Newcomer Summerdale’s second matric class also had a big jump. The Lentegeur school went from 16th place with 72,4% in 2024 to 10th place in 2025 with 84,8%. Another big improver was AZ Berman High school in Beacon Valley which came in 11th place with 84,4%, up from 18th place in 2024 with 66,7%. SHIFT IN RANKINGS The schools with the sharp improvement pushed several others into lower rankings, such as Beacon Hill, in Beacon Valley, which dropped to 12th place with 83,2%, down from seventh place and 88,6% in 2024. TO PAGE 3
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