Private & international schools in Johannesburg

Distinguish Midrand from the Sandton school divisions

AISJ's contact page identifies Plot 160, Scorpion Trail Street, Knopjeslaagte, Midrand, for its Johannesburg Pre-K3–Grade 12 campus. It separately identifies Pretoria through Grade 8. Use the Johannesburg physical address for the selected school enquiry; a Bryanston postal bag or the Pretoria contact is not the pupil's Midrand arrival point.

St Stithians publishes 40 Peter Place, Lyme Park, Sandton, and identifies Bishop Malinga Gate as its main entrance. Its current Junior Preparatory page covers coeducational Grades RRR, RR, R, 1 and 2, before boys and girls move to their respective preparatory schools. The central admissions page places those schools in Grades 3–7 and the separate colleges in Grades 8–12. Ask which division and entrance the child will use after each transition.

Sources: AISJ current Johannesburg campus, phase and boarding boundaries · St Stithians Sandton physical address and named entrance · St Stithians current RRR–Grade 2 junior transition · St Stithians divisions, entry points, waiting lists and girls' boarding limit

Separate senior IB choices from IEB matriculation

AISJ's current boarding page describes High School Programme, full IB Diploma, hybrid HSP/IB and learner-specific pathways, each linked to its school diploma on graduation. Its detailed academic-program page places HSP and Diploma study in Grades 11–12, but still shows a 2025–26 semester calendar. Request the intended-year graduation and transferred-credit plan; that older page says pre-high-school courses do not earn high-school credit.

The school's separate October 2025 announcement records PYP candidacy at Johannesburg and Pretoria. Ask for the current authorisation status when discussing primary study; senior Diploma authorisation does not settle that question. St Stithians' current overview instead identifies Grade 12 IEB matriculation examinations. Compare the actual final assessment, subjects and receiving-school requirements rather than assume an IB route or identical graduation timetable across the two providers.

Sources: AISJ current senior pathway distinctions · AISJ academic programme with retained 2025–26 calendar · AISJ October 2025 PYP candidacy announcement · St Stithians current Grade 12 IEB assessment description

Treat boarding and school entry as separate decisions

AISJ's current contact page lists Johannesburg boarding for Grades 8–12 at the same Midrand address. Discuss residential eligibility, supervision, weekend arrangements and charges separately from the academic offer. At St Stithians, the central admissions page explicitly says Girls' College does not offer boarding. A college-wide boarding label should therefore not be applied to a girl's selected secondary division.

St Stithians names Grade R and Grade 8 as its two major entry points, with other grades filled from relevant waiting lists as places become available. That does not remove the younger RRR/RR provision shown in its current junior page. Request the applicable route and waiting-list decision for the actual grade, and obtain separate day or residential quotations. Neither a published entry point nor a residential page identifies an individual vacancy.

Sources: AISJ current Johannesburg campus, phase and boarding boundaries · St Stithians divisions, entry points, waiting lists and girls' boarding limit · St Stithians current RRR–Grade 2 junior transition

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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