We pride ourselves on having produced many fine academics, sportsmen and sportswomen over the years, many of whom are showcased under Past Student Achievements. Please do take a moment to browse through this section of the website.
Hillcrest High School prides itself in the provision of an exceptional environment in which learners can thrive academically. From the Learner Support Unit for those learners who have learning challenges, to the Honour Society where high academic achievers are provided with additional mentoring, to programmes that work to ensure that learners who fall into the middle ground academically are supported with extra lessons, challenged to push themselves further, and inspired to give of their best, our aim is to give each and every learner the opportunity to be the best THEY can be.
In 2025 a total of 219 candidates wrote the Matric Exams last year with 164 receiving a Bachelors’ pass and 219 distinctions, excluding Further Studies in Mathematics, achieved overall. Four of our learners achieved seven distinctions, three achieved six distinctions, four boasted five distinctions and a further three learners achieved four distinctions. Our pass rate improved slightly to 97,3% as did the number of Bachelors’ passes which is evidence of the dedication of both our learners and our educators who worked hard to achieve these results. In addition every learner who matriculated as part of the concessions programme (our senior extension of the learner support programme) passed matric.
The Top Achievers for 2025 were Hannah King (91.6%), Micaella Hunter (88%), Ethan Ainhirn (87.5%) and Lindokuhle Nyaba (86.4%).
Hannah King achieved 97% for Engineering, Graphics and Design, 95% for Life Orientation and 94% for Consumer Studies. She also achieved As for English, Afrikaans, Tourism and Business Studies, narrowly missing an A for Mathematics.
Micaella Hunter achieved 93% for Life Orientation, 91% for Accounting and 89% for Life Sciences, along with As for English, Afrikaans, German, Physical Sciences. She also narrowly missed an A for Mathematics.
Ethan Ainhirn achieved 92% for Physical Sciences, 90% English and 96% for Life Orientation, along with As for Mathematics, Afrikaans, Geography, Life Sciences, and a further A for Further Studies in Mathematics (AP Maths) which is written as an IEB subject.
Lindokuhle Nyaba achieved 94% for isiZulu, 92% for Accounting, 88% for Life Sciences along with As for Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Life Orientation, English.
Learners who achieved 6As were:
Learners who achieved 5As were:
Learners who achieved 4As were:
Congratulations to the Class of 2025!
Download the 2025 Achievers Booklet for further results - Hillcrest High School Achievers - 2025
In the KwaZulu-Natal Senior Certificate Examinations:
We are consistently one of the top schools, having been placed recently in the Sunday Times’ Top 100 Schools in South Africa;
Our learners have been placed regularly in the top 40;
In 1996 and in 2012, we had the top candidate in Kwazulu-Natal;
Our exemption and pass rates are well above the Provincial average.
In past years, Hillcrest High School students have been awarded with the:
Grade 12 KwaZulu-Natal Young Geographers' Conference
Grade 11 South African Young Historians' Conference
Grade 10 and 12 Alan Paton Literary Competition.
Hillcrest High School has consistently achieved in external academic Olympiads and Conquestas, resulting in top places in the English, Afrikaans, Science, and IT Olympiads. In 2023 HHS was awarded 1st place in the Grade 9 Natural Sciences Conquesta and 2nd place in the Grade 8 Natural Sciences Conquesta for 2023. In the Computer Programming Olympiad, HHS achieved First place in KwaZulu-Natal in the Second Round.
Other achievements include:
Hillcrest High School was awarded 2nd place in the KwaSanti Circuit for 2023. Our educators were celebrated by the Department of Education, Umhlatuzana Circuit Management for the outstanding pass rates of Grade 12 of 2023 learners in their gateway subjects - IT, Business Studies, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Geography, Engineering Graphics and Design and Mathematics
Maskew Miller Longman Trophy for the Best Performing School in the Pinetown District (Matric 2000)
ELITS Provincial Library Award for Excellence in 2003.
In 2022 we received two awards viz. for a school that has obtained consistently excellent Matric results (our pass rate has been above 99% for the last 3 years) and for the Quintile 5 (top quintile) school that obtained the best Physical Science results in the District.
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