Private & international schools in Gaborone

Locate the receiving school and the next transition

Northside publishes Plot 2786, Tshekedi Crescent, Extension 9. Westwood identifies Plot 22978, Mmankgwedi Road, Phase 4, while Maru-a-Pula’s school pages give Plot 4725, Maruapula Way. Use the named campus to plan visits and discuss the daily journey. Ask how arrival, collection and any requested transport fit the offered class; no journey duration or transport inclusion is inferred from those addresses.

Northside’s published programme concerns primary PYP; Westwood’s homepage describes PYP, MYP and DP across its school. Maru-a-Pula’s lower-school page describes a two-year IGCSE course ending in Form 5, followed by its separate upper-school A-level route. A primary shortlist should include the next-school transition, while an older pupil needs the actual qualification year. Neither a broad age band nor a programme label confirms a particular place.

Sources: Northside current application, Reception appraisal, calendar and address · Northside official indexed PYP description · Westwood published campus and PYP, MYP, DP continuum · Maru-a-Pula lower-school IGCSE sequence and school address

Use Northside’s readiness process and school calendar

Northside’s application page describes Reception consideration for children reaching five by 31 May of the school year, with a readiness appraisal for children on the waiting list. It assesses developmental, social and emotional readiness and describes reassessment in a later year where needed. The general PYP framework is not a promise of a three-year-old Reception place at Northside; its own intake process is the relevant evidence.

The school publishes a January–December calendar and requests recent reports and relevant learning-needs documentation, with English or translated records. Discuss the receiving standard and previous school calendar when transferring. Its public fee page remains labelled 2025, so request the quote for the intended year rather than carry those amounts forward. The application page also describes a capital levy after an offer; a fee payment process should not be mistaken for guaranteed admission.

Sources: Northside current application, Reception appraisal, calendar and address · Northside official indexed PYP description · Northside published fee page labelled 2025

Distinguish senior entry categories and multi-year courses

Maru-a-Pula’s upper-school page publishes separate 2027 A-level deadlines: 5 October 2026 for internal applicants and 2 November 2026 for external applicants. At this review on 15 October, the stated internal deadline has passed; the external date must not be presented as a common deadline for everyone. Its course description separates AS and A2 across the two-year route. Ask which subjects, prerequisites and transfer point are available for the intended cohort.

For a pupil comparing that route with Westwood’s published DP, request a subject plan and the school’s actual entry review rather than assume one senior qualification converts directly into the other. Westwood’s primary page explains PYP but does not establish every local receiving-year boundary. Maru-a-Pula asks applicants needing boarding to indicate that need; it does not establish a boarding vacancy. Confirm the written offer, any residence arrangement and all compulsory charges.

Sources: Maru-a-Pula named 2027 A-level applicant deadlines and AS–A2 route · Westwood published campus and PYP, MYP, DP continuum · Westwood published PYP overview

Compare documented pathways and campuses

These are the pathways recorded for each included campus. Online provision appears separately. A senior qualification does not establish provision in younger years.

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