Live and learn

Water­berg Acad­emy is a new, inde­pen­dent school for a new, inno­v­a­tive gen­er­a­tion. Founded in 2003, it is sit­u­ated in the heart of the UNESCO Water­berg Bios­phere Reserve in the small town of Vaal­wa­ter (Mabat­lane), Limpopo, South Africa. Born out of a desire to take the best from tra­di­tional school­ing, and com­bine this with crit­i­cal ele­ments that are some­times over­looked, we are com­mit­ted to an edu­ca­tion informed by envi­ron­men­tal, social and eco­nomic responsibility.

Today’s Inde­pen­dent schools are highly com­pet­i­tive envi­ron­ments. Learn­ers are required to per­form at a high level socially, aca­d­e­m­i­cally and on the sports field in order to find accep­tance and value from both peer and school. We value above all the impor­tance of cre­at­ing a safe, struc­tured envi­ron­ment in which impres­sion­able young peo­ple can grow in self con­fi­dence and self-knowledge.

Sit­u­ated on 10ha (soon to be 80ha) of Water­berg bushveld, the Acad­emy is sur­rounded by large tracts of rel­a­tively undis­turbed indige­nous bushveld, stretch­ing for hun­dreds of kilo­me­ters to the north and north west. It is the ideal class­room. Nature is the teacher. We rec­og­nize that edu­cat­ing our youth in tra­di­tional val­ues, morals and ethics while equip­ping them with essen­tial life skills and knowl­edge, is essen­tial to secur­ing their future. A pupil cen­tered approach, mod­ern cur­ricu­lum design and com­mit­ted edu­ca­tors ensure the ful­fil­ment of these ideals. Our secure and peace­ful envi­ron­ment allows us to grow learn­ers in an a way that can­not be achieved in the city.

Sit­u­ated two hours north of Pre­to­ria, we offer the ulti­mate alter­na­tive to city edu­ca­tion through the pro­vi­sion of upmar­ket, qual­ity board­ing facil­i­ties (Grade 4 –12) and a lifestyle that is the envy of many.

We invite you to invest in your children’s future by becom­ing part of some­thing remarkable…