Best Afrikaans school in South Africa with 3.62 distinctions per matric
Hoër Meisieskool Bloemhof has been crowned the top Afrikaans school in South Africa with 3.62 distinctions per candidate in the 2025 matric exams.
Hoër Meisieskool Bloemhof is a government high school for girls located in Stellenbosch, Western Cape.
Founded in 1874 by Rev. JH Neethling, Prof. NJ Hofmeyr and Prof. J. Murray, it is the oldest Afrikaans-medium girls’ high school in South Africa.
Neethling named the boarding house Bloemhof, as he wished the young ladies to be flowers for the people.
In 1879, Miss Gilson, the school’s first principal, requested permission for the school itself also to be called Bloemhof.
For the first few decades, it was an English-medium school, but in 1925, the language of instruction was changed to Afrikaans.
The original school was housed in a Ryneveld Street building, today known as the Eben Donges Centre.
In 1960, the school moved to its current premises, which includes the school building, boarding house and sports fields.
Hoër Meisieskool Bloemhof’s leading feeder school is Laerskool Eikestad, and its brother school is Paul Roos Gymnasium.
Along with Rhenish Girls’ High, they form a mini-campus with some shared academic subjects and educators.
Bloemhof is known for outstanding academic, cultural and sporting achievements, which makes it one of the most sought-after schools in the Cape.
Sports the school excel at include athletics, tennis, swimming, water polo, artistic swimming, hockey and netball.
It also offers a strong cultural program, including a school choir, orchestra, school newspaper, and debate team. Learners can take drama, art and music as subjects.
Bloemhof is founded on Christian principles. The values encouraged among its learners are respect, care, integrity, and a strong work ethic.
It is a quintile 5 public school and forms part of the Western Cape Education Department (WCED).
Hoër Meisieskool Bloemhof is the top Afrikaans school in South Africa
Hoër Meisieskool Bloemhof continued its exceptional academic performance with strong matric results in 2025.
The school achieved a 100% pass rate, 96% of candidates received university exemption, and 73% passed with a B symbol or higher
55.7% of candidates passed with four or more A symbols. Hoër Meisieskool Bloemhof’s grade average was 75.4%.
55 learners passed with an A average. Collectively, its matric candidates achieved 508 subject A symbols, averaging 3.63 per learner.
Malaika Nel passed with eight distinctions. In addition, 13 candidates earned 7 A symbols, 12 earned 6 A symbols, and 29 earned 5 A symbols.
Its top learner was Karmi Gouws with an average of 93.67%, followed by Leandi Roos with 93.17% and Malaika Nel (92.17%).
These results helped to make Hoër Meisieskool Bloemhof the top-performing Afrikaans school in the 2025 matric exams.
The Solidarity Support Centre for Schools (SCS) released its list of the Top 20 Afrikaans schools, based on the number of distinctions per candidate.
Afrikaans schools include single-medium, dual-medium and parallel-medium schools where at least 15 candidates are offered Afrikaans Home Language.
To qualify for the Solidarity Support Centre for Schools Top 20 List, more than a third of the matric group had to be Afrikaans-speaking.
The table below shows the top-performing Afrikaans schools in the 2025 National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams.
Hoër Meisieskool Bloemhof photos
This article has been amended
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