LEAP Science and Maths Schools

At LEAP Science and Maths Schools, we refuse to dismiss these communities as lost causes simply because they are poor. We believe that we cannot remain authentically human while others are prevented, through circumstance, from enjoying the rights and opportunities that we enjoy.

In fact, we feel morally obligated to work for change.

We have chosen to do this through a unique, self-liberating high school education programme for children who live in our most marginalised communities. We know that most schooling currently available to our children is inadequate, trapping them in self-limiting beliefs and a cycle of ongoing failure and victimhood. These schools perpetuate academic deficits and, more crucially, ignore the development of emotional intelligence, self-awareness and other life skills.

Our LEAP learning programme is unique and self-liberating because we purposefully lead our children on a learning journey through which they discover the capacity to take charge of their own lives. LEAP has worked with marginalised children for more than ten years through the only network of independent, low-fee schools in South Africa. Our results show that 95% of our students have passed matric, and 79% of LEAP students have degrees or diplomas or are continuing their pursuit of higher education.

This charity has achieved a 8 Star rating on the Helpmore Trust Index, meeting 8 out of 10 trust criteria, including NPO registration, financial transparency, and independent governance.