ACADEMICS

Sutherland High School is well known as a school of academic excellence, a fact of which we are extremely proud. 

 Under the leadership of Mrs Yolande van der Merwe, the Senior Academic Head and Mrs Simone Barnard, the Junior Academic Head a team of Academic Empowerment Heads monitor and facilitate the progress of each learner across all the grades.

Our strong team of Academic Empowerment Heads make a significant contribution to academic progress by constantly monitoring learners’ performance and introducing a broad range of intervention strategies. In partnership with parents, class teachers and the learners themselves, the grade heads work towards finding solutions to the challenges that learners face from time to time. Under their combined leadership, termly academic results are reviewed and analysed in order to plot the way forward.  

In the Academic Support Centre, Mrs Izelle Wood provides the necessary support to improve learner results. Here we cater for learners who require support in terms of dyslexia, dysgraphia, Asperger’s, autism, ADD and other challenges. 

The commitment to excellence by all our academic staff and learners shows in all results across the board. 
Sutherland High School Subjects
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STAFF

Head of Senior Academics

Mrs Y. van der Merwe
yolande.vandermerwe@sutherlandhs.co.za

Head of Junior Academics

Mrs S. Barnard
simone.barnard@sutherlandhs.co.za

Grade 10 Academic Empowerment Head

Mrs L. Naicken

lovendree.naicken@sutherlandhs.co.za

Grade 11 Academic Empowerment Head

Mrs H. Gropp

heloise.gropp@sutherlandhs.co.za 

Grade 12 Academic Empowerment Head

 Mrs E. Adlam

erin.adlam@sutherlandhs.co.za

Grade 8 Academic Empowerment Head

Mrs M. Adera

maria.adera@sutherlandhs.co.za

Grade 9 Academic Empowerment Head

Mrs M. Nel

mignon.nel@sutherlandhs.co.za

Head of Department  


Technical - Y. Van der Merwe (yolande.vandemerwe@sutherlandhs.co.za)

Humanities- E. Du Preez  (elinor.dupreez@sutherlandhs.co.za)

 Life Orientation- A. Ebrahim (aseeah.ebrahim@sutherlandhs.co.za

Head of Sport- T. van Zyl (theo.vanzyl@sutherlandhs.co.za)

English - N. Hajee (naeema.hajee@sutherlandhs.co.za)

Afrikaans- E.Madsen-Leibold (elana.madesen-leibold@sutherlandhs.co.za)

Maths- N.Qwabe (noluthando.qwabe@sutherlandhs.co.za)

Commercial Subjects- M. Adera (maria.adera@sutherlandhs.co.za)

Visual & Creative Arts- M. Mathebula (Mmasello.Mathebula@sutherlandhs.co.za)

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