Applications for Grade R and Grade 1, 2027 are now open
Grade R to Grade 12 – Cape Town
Think clearly. Live faithfully. Lead courageously.
Trinity partners with Christian families to form young people of wisdom, character, and conviction — equipping them not merely to succeed in the world, but to shape it.
Every parent wants their child to succeed. But for Christian parents, education raises a bigger question.
Who is my child becoming?
As children grow, they encounter competing ideas about truth, identity, success, and the kind of life worth living. Choosing a school is therefore not simply a matter of choosing where your child will learn Mathematics, Science, or English.
You’re choosing one of the communities that will help shape the person they become.
At Trinity, we believe academic excellence and Christian formation should never be separated.
We don’t prepare children to hide from the world. We prepare them to shape it.
Trinity exists to raise young men and women who can enter universities, businesses, professions, and communities with confidence — able to think independently, discern wisely, and remain steadfast in what they believe.
Like Daniel, our students are being prepared to engage the world around them with wisdom, excellence, courage, and conviction.
Three commitments shape everything that happens at Trinity — in the classroom, on the field and in the way our staff know your child.
We are commanded to love the Lord our God with all our mind. We teach children how to reason, question, analyse, communicate, and pursue truth — so that in a world tossed about by conflicting opinions, they may give a reason for the hope they have.
Our Christian faith isn’t an optional extra bolted onto an otherwise secular education. We are commanded to love God with all our heart. At Trinity, a biblical worldview is foundational to how we understand knowledge, character, relationships, and our responsibility to others as we live to glorify God.
We want our students to become confident contributors to society — leaders, innovators, pastors, entrepreneurs, professionals, fathers and mothers, missionaries, and citizens who use their gifts to serve others and influence the world for good. Courageous leaders love God with all their strength as they follow him into dominion in every area he plants them.
Preparing children for a changing world.
Classical Christian education teaches children how to learn, how to think, and ultimately how to communicate what they believe.
Most parents meet the phrase “classical Christian education” for the first time when they meet Trinity. It isn’t nostalgia, and it isn’t a curriculum in a box. It is a way of teaching that matches how children actually develop — building a rich store of knowledge first, then the reasoning to test it, and finally then the ability to express it well.
Everything a Trinity child studies is taught within that structure, and founded on biblical understanding of what is true, good, and beautiful.
Grade R – Grade 6
the grammar stage
Learning the foundations and developing a rich body of knowledge, at the age when children are filled with curiosity, and enjoy memorising a wide array of material.
Grade 7 – Grade 9
the logic stage
Learning to reason, question, connect ideas and identify what is true — exactly when children begin to test their understanding and argue their viewpoints.
Grade 10 – Grade 12
the rhetoric stage
Learning to articulate noble ideas clearly, persuasively, and confidently, and to defend what they believe with grace.
Discamus et vivamus
ad gloriam Dei
Let us learn and live to the glory of God — the motto carried on the Trinity crest.
Latin isn’t just about preparing children to speak an ancient language. It also develops vocabulary, grammar, attention, memory, and disciplined thinking, while providing access to the foundations of Western language, literature, and thought.
Even if a child forgets every bit of Latin once they leave school, the study of Latin will have shaped their clarity and precision of thought and expression. This is why Latin has long been regarded as a ‘brain gym’, teaching children scientific thinking skills that transfer into other areas of study.
Every October, Trinity students write the International Benchmark Test (IBT), set and marked independently by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). Students are assessed in English, Mathematics and Reasoning at the end of each school phase, and compared with South African and international students who write the same tests. Since 2022, every one of our results has been above both averages.
results above both the South African and international averages. Every grade, every subject, 2022 to 2025.
| Subject | Trinity | SA avg | Int'l avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | 481 | 470 | 449 |
| Mathematics | 502 | 467 | 446 |
| Reasoning | 500 | 463 | 474 |
Above both averages in all three subjects
| Subject | Trinity | SA avg | Int'l avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | 599 | 567 | 534 |
| Mathematics | 599 | 549 | 533 |
| Reasoning | 588 | 535 | 529 |
Above both averages in all three subjects
| Subject | Trinity | SA avg | Int'l avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | 665 | 606 | 593 |
| Mathematics | 629 | 569 | 584 |
| Reasoning | 718 | 589 | 563 |
Above both averages in all three subjects
At Trinity, children aren’t numbers. Small classes allow teachers to know and nurture their students — their strengths, challenges, personalities, and potential.
That creates space for meaningful mentorship, individual attention, strong relationships, and genuine discipleship. A struggling reader is noticed in the first term, not the third. A quiet child is drawn out rather than overlooked.
We believe parents carry the primary responsibility for raising their children. Trinity comes alongside Christian families as a trusted partner — reinforcing the foundations being established at home rather than competing with them.
Where character is first formed, and where the primary responsibility rests.
Where faith in Jesus Christ is taught, practised, and shared across generations.
Where the same Christian convictions shape how children are nurtured and every subject is taught.
"For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God."
"I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth."
"For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. "
"All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children."
The questions prospective parents ask us most often, answered plainly.
Curious, engaged young people learning, exploring, and growing together — in the classroom and outside it.
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Choosing a school is one of the most consequential decisions you will make for your child’s future. Come and discover an education built around more than what your child needs to know — but who they are becoming in Christ's Kingdom.
Think clearly. Live faithfully. Lead courageously.
