Academics
In the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education matric exams each year WBHS students often feature in amongst the top performers provincially and nationally. Of the 47 classes that have matriculated from WBHS since 1959, six WBHS learners have emerged as the top learners in the province and in 1999, the Dux of the school, Colin Bigg, achieved the top matric results in South Africa. In 1999 WBHS was also rated the best state-aided school in the country in a survey by the Sunday Times newspaper. Following the 2006 matric examinations, WBHS was admitted to an elite group of only 13 schools in South Africa that achieved more than 100 passes for maths on the Higher Grade. It is the only school in KZN province to win this accolade. Following the 2008 matric examinations, two learners from WBHS, Michael Schmid and Christopher Guattari-Stafford, were placed first and second in the province respectively. As of the 2010 matric examinations, Westville Boys grabbed 3 places in the top 10 of KZN. Ronald du Toit, Lance Oom and Parushan Moodley, who were placed 2nd, 5th and 9th in KZN respectively.
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