Learning Without Limits
The Parvis academic programme is built on a single conviction: intellectual depth and creative fluency are not rivals – they are allies.
Years K–9 establish unshakable foundations in mathematics, sciences, languages, and the arts. Small classes (never more than 18) and double periods in music and design from Grade 4 onwards ensure that no talent is left undiscovered.
From Year 10 the curriculum pivots towards genuine specialisation through six flagship Advanced Programmes (AP), each equivalent to A-Level standard and taught by subject masters who still burn with their own research or performance fire.
- AP Economics and Finance immerses students in macroeconomic modelling, behavioural economics, and financial derivatives, with live Bloomberg Terminal sessions and regular seminars from Reserve Bank and JSE economists.
- AP Computer Science and Engineering moves far beyond mere coding into machine learning, quantum algorithms, cybersecurity, and physical computing; our robotics laboratory rivals university facilities.
- AP Music Performance and Composition offers conservatory-level training across classical, jazz, and African contemporary traditions, with one-to-one tuition, professional recording time, and annual masterclasses from National Philharmonic principals.
- AP Visual Arts and Design Technology spans fine art, architecture, UI/UX, and sustainable design, culminating in professional portfolios accepted directly by the world’s leading art schools.
- AP Mathematics and Physics reaches competition and university-first-year level, with weekly Olympiad sessions and access to our observatory-grade telescope and particle-physics cloud chamber.
- AP Business and Entrepreneurship treats the matric year as a live start-up incubator; student companies pitch to real venture panels in Sandton.
Cross-programme electives – from Game Theory in Music to Sonic Branding for Business – remind pupils daily that boundaries between disciplines are illusions. Extended Projects echoing Oxford’s EPQ demand original research presented at our annual Parvis Symposium, often co-supervised by Wits or UCT faculty.
Pastoral care is woven into the fabric: every senior pupil has both an academic tutor and an artistic mentor. We are demanding – burnout is guarded against with Wednesday “unplugged” afternoons of sport, hiking in the Klipriviersberg, or simply reading beneath the jacarandas.