Randburg families are staying on CAPS and holding their fees for 2027

Sometime between now and the end of October, the letter lands school fees for 2027 increase again. You read it, work out what another five years of that looks like, and wonder where the ceiling is.

Most Randburg parents in that position aren’t looking to change the curriculum. CAPS is what their child has been on since Grade 1, and it leads to the National Senior Certificate. What they want is a different set of numbers attached to it.

That is now possible without giving anything up. CambriLearn teaches the full CAPS curriculum online, with qualified South African teachers taking live lessons on a proper timetable. Every teacher holds a recognised teaching degree, is registered with SACE, and averages more than eight years in a classroom.

A day still looks like a school day. Register, timetabled lessons with a teacher on screen, breaks, homework. Every lesson is recorded, so a child who is off sick, or who did not follow something the first time round, can watch it again that evening.

The money works differently because there is no campus to run. Families pay for the teaching, the curriculum and the support rather than for buildings, grounds and a fleet of buses. No uniform to replace every January, and no petrol going into the school run twice a day.

Nothing is surrendered at the end of it. The school is accredited and follows CAPS properly. Learners work towards the same National Senior Certificate as everyone else, writing through SACAI, a registered examination body. That matric carries the same weight at a South African university or with an employer. A family who later wants an IEB or British route can move onto it without changing schools.

Parents ask about friends before they ask about anything else. CambriLearn runs more than 500 interest groups and clubs online, alongside events and meetups in Gauteng throughout the year, and every space is moderated with verified students and parents only. For a child who felt lost in a school of a thousand, a smaller and calmer room is often where they first find their feet.

None of this is new. CambriLearn has taught online for 20 years, with more than 80,000 students in over 100 countries behind it. It is accredited by Cognia and registered with SACAI, 98% of its graduating students are accepted into university. Families rate it 4.8 out of 5 across more than 330 independent reviews on HelloPeter, Google, Trustpilot and Facebook.

One date matters if you are weighing this up for next year. Enrol before 30 November 2026 and your 2026 fees hold for the whole of the 2027 school year, on any grade and any package.

Parents who have already moved tend to mention the mornings before they mention the money. No traffic, and no child walking into a first lesson already worn out by the day. Families in Randburg who want to see what accredited CAPS from home would look like for their own child, and what it would cost for 2027, can book a consultation at cambrilearn.com/online-school-consultation.