Draft:Curro (South Africa)

Curro is a South African independent and co-educational school network. It is the largest independent education provider in Southern Africa, with 178 schools (as of 2022). It provides education for learners from 3 months to Grade 12. The company's headquarters are in Durbanville in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

History
The former CEO of Curro, Dr Chris van der Merwe started Curro as a school of 28 learners in the hall of the NG Kerk Bergsis in the town of Durbanville, about 28 kilometres north-west of Cape Town. The experiment was nearly not sustainable because he failed to meet his targets for growing learner numbers and he was paying educator out of his bond. However, despite setbacks, van der Merwe later managed build the first Curro campus, Curro Durbanville, himself with 10 bricklayers and 30 labourers, which opened its doors in 1998. Hereafter, Curro has expanded its network of private schools beyond Durbanville to other provinces within South Africa.

Structure
Curro consists of three units: a pre-primary (3 months to Grade R), primary school (from Grade 1 to 7) and high school (from Grade 8 to Grade 12).

Eastern Cape

 * Curro Westbrook, Gqeberha

Free State

 * Curro Bloemfontein, Bloemfontein

Gauteng

 * Curro Academy Clayville, Thembisa
 * Curro Academy Protea Glen, Soweto
 * Curro Academy Riverside, Fourways, Sandton
 * Curro Academy Soshanguve, Soshanguve
 * Curro Academy Wilgeheuwel, Roodepoort
 * Curro Aurora, Randburg
 * Curro Barlow Park, Sandton
 * Curro Douglasdale, Sandton
 * Curro Edenvale, Edenvale
 * Curro Halfway Gardens, Midrand
 * Curro Hazeldean, Pretoria
 * Curro Helderwyk, Brakpan
 * Curro Jewel City, Johannesburg
 * Curro Krugersdorp, Krugersdorp
 * Curro New Road, Midrand
 * Curro Oakdene, Johannesburg
 * Curro Parkdene, Boksburg
 * Curro Roodeplaat, Roodeplaat, near Pretoria
 * Curro Sagewood, Midrand
 * Curro Serengeti, near Kempton Park
 * Curro Thatchfield, Centurion
 * Curro Vanderbijlpark, Vanderbijlpark
 * Curro Waterfall, Midrand

KwaZulu-Natal

 * Creston College, Port Shepstone
 * Curro Heritage House, Durban
 * Curro Hillcrest, Hillcrest
 * Curro Salt Rock, Salt Rock
 * Meridian Newcastle, Newcastle

Limpopo

 * Curro Heuwelkruin, Polokwane
 * Meridian Northern Academy, Polokwane

Mpumalanga

 * Curro Bankenveld, eMalahleni
 * Curro Nelspruit, Mbombela
 * Curro Secunda, Secunda

Northern Cape

 * Curro Kathu, Kathu

North West

 * Curro Academy Mahikeng, Mahikeng
 * Curro Klerksdorp, Klerksdorp
 * Meridian Rustenburg, Rustenburg

Western Cape

 * Curro Academy Sandown, Parklands, Blouberg
 * Curro Brackenfell, Brackenfell
 * Curro Burgundy, Milnerton
 * Curro Century City, Milnerton
 * Curro Delft, Delft
 * Curro Durbanville, Durbanville
 * Curro Foreshore, Cape Town
 * Curro George, George
 * Curro Hermanus, Hermanus
 * Curro Langebaan, Langebaan
 * Curro Mossel Bay, Mossel Bay
 * Curro Somerset West, Somerset West
 * Curro Uitzicht, Durbanville
 * Meridian Pinehurst, Durbanville