Our school grounds had a rich history as part of the healthcare and education sectors before becoming what it is today. The school is one of a few specialised satellite schools started by the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) to cater for the great need in the Western Cape for school placements of learners with autism.

All children have the right to an education, however, not all children can benefit from a mainstream school programme and curriculum. Our school provides an educational setting for learners with autism that require high levels of support to learn effectively, i.e. for the learners who have special educational and developmental needs.

We started with fourteen learners on the first day and now have more than eighty learners. The school does not follow a graded system because of the varied developmental patterns of the learners. Instead, learners are placed in a section according to their age range. We have four Junior Section classes, five Middle Section classes and two Senior Section classes. The school’s main teaching medium is English, however, as far as possible, we make adjustments to teach learners in a language that is most familiar to them.