Students
The school has approximately 900 pupils in 5 grades ranging from ages 13 to 18. There are roughly equal numbers of girls and boys in classes kept ideally below 30 learners.
A Westerford Matric pupil, Wiebke Louise Toussaint, was placed 12th in the Senior Certificate Examination results for 2005. The school also received a book voucher award in the Senior Certificate Awards for 2005 for achieving excellent academic results. The school was placed in the top 10 schools in the Western Cape with a 100% pass rate, 47% distinction and 96% matriculation endorsement rate. In July 2006 two Westerfordians were finalists in the national English Olympiad - Anique Greyling was placed 8th and Joanna Mostert achieved the top position in the country.In the final results in 2006 the school was once again in the top 10 with a 100% pass rate, 46% distinction and 98% endorsement rate. In 2007 Stefan Conradie was ranked 14th in the province and Birte Toussaint 10th. Again the pass rate was 100%, the distinction rate 43% and endorsement rate 97%. In 2008, in the new NSC, Saxony Moolman was ranked 16th, Tanya Scott 9th and Anique Kruger was announced as the top achiever in the Province.
Every year the school holds a celebration that honours pupils with outstanding achievements, held in October, usually in the week of Valedictory.
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