Nova Pioneer is excited to announce we will welcome the first Grade 8 students at our new Midrand campus, with enrollment open now for the 2022 school year. Guided by our mission to develop young innovators and leaders who will shape the world, we are excited to extend our offering in Midrand from preschool through secondary school, and to be able to serve even more families in the Midrand community. This is the second secondary school to be opened in our South African network of schools and the sixth to be opened by Nova Pioneer Globally.
Phase 1 of an Extensive Secondary Campus is Complete
The secondary school campus will be multi-phased and is situated on a spacious site on 3rd Road, Carlswald (next to Protea Hotel Midrand), just a few hundred metres from the current primary school site in Matuka Close. The newly built campus will serve both the school’s upper primary and secondary students.
Phase 1 of the development includes a modern double-storey classroom block with 10 classrooms per floor, as well as central studio space. The new block also includes a modern science lab for students. External facilities provide for age-relevant recreational areas, as well as sporting facilities, including a 25m x 8m swimming pool, multipurpose hardcourt (for tennis, basketball and netball) and a full-size sports field that can be used for soccer, other sports and extra-murals.
Cambridge Accredited
Nova Pioneer is a private school network that offers quality education grounded in the Cambridge standards, an internationally accredited curriculum that is both locally and globally recognised. Our secondary campuses offer grades up to and including Grade 13, which is optional but a popular choice for many students based on their specific tertiary learning plans.
We recently celebrated the 2020 matriculating class at our Ormonde Campus for their strong achievement, which was most exemplary considering how disruptive the 2020 year was. The Cambridge AS and A-level examinations set a very high standard that is both globally and locally respected. Our graduates outperformed international benchmarks on 70% of the subjects examined. In addition, our graduates exemplified the character, dynamism and positive confidence of innovators and leaders. We look forward to similar success for students in our new Midrand secondary school.
Our Midrand based secondary school will open its doors in January 2022, catering for Grade 8 students initially and subsequently adding grades.
Post School Success Team
At Nova Pioneer, we place a high value on students’ post-secondary school success. We strongly believe many elements can impact a student’s ability to succeed after completing secondary school.
Thus, we want to ensure that students perform well academically and ensure that they feel supported and prepared to succeed beyond Nova Pioneer. We recognise that those paths will be as diverse as our students are, reflecting their passions and talents. To that effect, we have a Post-School Success (PSS) programme to provide all students with personalised guidance on exploring post-school options. Our PSS programme is a unique offering available to our senior secondary students,” said Chijioke.
Since its introduction in both South Africa and Kenya, Nova Pioneer’s PSS programme has facilitated the admission of students into universities both locally and abroad.
Schools for Innovators and Leaders
It is our belief at Nova Pioneer that too many schools focus too narrowly on knowledge memorisation and content accumulation. While Nova Pioneer considers academic mastery and skills to be critically important, we also places focus on a more holistic set of skills aligned with our vision of developing high-character leaders and innovators.
We focus on developing our students’ character, problem-solving capabilities and interpersonal connection. We call these our ‘3Cs’. We expect our students to excel in exams and attend great universities, but ultimately our success will be measured by our graduates’ lives. By the innovations they develop, companies they launch and lead, art they create, and impact they have on their communities.
Ultimately, we want our students to become shapers of a world they envision, rather than takers of the world they inherit. We are very proud of all our students and wish them well as they transition into the next secondary learning stage of their lives. We look forward to having our students complete their entire schooling career (Grade 000 to Grade 13) at Nova Pioneer Midrand and openly welcome students from other schools too.
