Private schools claim almost half of Grade Six top spots

In what has now become a continuing trend, private primary schools claimed almost 50% of the top results of this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA), with Mae’s Under 12 students earning five of the top ten spots as well as some 12 more among the top one per cent.

On March 25 and 26 last, 16,811 students wrote the NGSA. Of that amount, 173 students comprised the top