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Our education
Most parents meet the phrase “Classical Christian Education” for the first time when they meet Trinity. This page explains what it actually means — in a classroom, on a timetable, and in a report card.
Classical Christian Education gives children the tools of learning, teaching them how to think, how to discern and hold fast to what is true, good, and beautiful, and how to communicate what they believe. Ultimately, it prepares children to grow into men and women who are equipped to take their place in God’s world.
It isn’t nostalgia, and it isn’t a curriculum sold in a box. It is a way of teaching that matches how children actually develop — building a rich store of knowledge first (grammar), then the reasoning to test it (logic), then the ability to express it well (rhetoric).
Those three stages are often called the trivium. They are not rigid boxes; they describe where the weight of the teaching falls at each age, and they run through every subject on the timetable.
Grade R – Grade 6
the grammar stage
Children of this age memorise easily and enjoy it. We give them a rich store of material to think with later.
Grade 7 – Grade 9
the logic stage
Children at this stage begin to argue anyway. This is the stage at which we teach them to do it well – with good reasoning, and with respect.
Grade 10 – Grade 12
the rhetoric stage
Learning to say something worth saying — clearly, persuasively and with grace. [Trinity currently teaches to Grade 9; this stage describes the intended Grade 10 – 12 phase planned to start in 2028.]
A biblical worldview is not a subject on the timetable. It is the lens every subject is taught through.
Christianity at Trinity is not an assembly, a Bible period and then a value-neutral school day. What we believe about truth, about people and about the world shapes how each subject is taught — because it already shapes what those subjects are for.
This is the most common question we are asked about teaching from an integrated biblical worldview: what does it actually change? Here is a glimpse at the impact it has, across a sample of subjects.
God’s ordered creation, worth investigating systematically — taught with wonder, leading to worship.
God’s grand unfolding story is peopled with frail and fallen human beings who still bear his image. At the centre is his King, whose eternal rule and reign is being advanced one day at a time.
Preparing children to pull up a chair and listen in on the “Great Conversation”, as we read the books the inspired, challenged, shaped, and delighted generations before us.
Order, pattern, and objective truth: mathematics reveals the wisdom and faithfulness of God, who has structured the world in such a way that we can invent and build through the discovery and use of mathematical principles.
Teaching from a Christian worldview in the higher grades does not mean avoiding hard questions, or steering away from tough topics. It’s also not simply a matter of ending every lesson with a moral, or teaching a single denomination’s distinctives.
Older children are taught to engage with ideas they disagree with, and to say why they disagree. No spoon-feeding for simple regurgitation.
Bible teaching, devotions and memory work are part of the ordinary rhythm of the week.
Trinity families come from a range of churches and denominations. Our partnership works best when families share the school's Christian convictions and how they shape the day.
Discamus et vivamus
ad gloriam Dei
Let us learn and live to the glory of God — the motto carried on the Trinity crest.
“But nobody speaks Latin.” That is precisely the point. Latin is studied as a system rather than a conversation, and the work of taking it apart in translation is the work that trains the mind.
Very few of our students will ever speak it. Almost all of them read, write, and think more logically and precisely because of it. Trinity students start with a weekly lesson in Latin grammar and vocabulary in Grade 3, and move to translation in Grade 6. By Grade 9 they will be translating passages of classical Latin literature and poetry.
Much of English vocabulary, and even the terminology of English grammar, comes from Latin, so studying Latin makes English far easier to understand. Students enjoy many “aha” moments as their everyday language becomes clearer, building confidence that leads to competence.
The weekly discipline of reciting and memorising, and applying and translating, develops an eye for detail, an appetite for precision, and a mind that gets comfortable with problem-solving. These skills transfer to every other subject.
Access to the language of law, science, medicine, theology, and literature at their source.
A translation is a puzzle with a method and a right answer. Children learn to work patiently and to trust the process.
Our commitment to character and Christian formation never comes at the expense of academic rigour. Parents should know what is taught, how academic progress is measured, and what happens when a child struggles.
Ages 3 to 6
Grades 1 – 3
Grades 4 – 7
Grades 8 – 9
Assessment tells a teacher what a child has understood and gives an overall picture of the child’s progress in a given subject or skill. Assessment is made up of continuous, class-based assessment, as well as projects, tests, presentations, and orals. Formal assessments take place in the 2nd and 4th Terms.
Written reports are released on the Ed Admin parent app each term, alongside regular parent-teacher meetings and ongoing conversations with teachers. These keep parents informed of their child’s academic and discipleship progress. Trinity teachers genuinely love each child and work to ensure every one is seen, known, loved, and prayed for.
Small classes mean challenges are spotted early and addressed promptly. Our experienced teachers provide extra support in the classroom and can tell when additional remediation outside class time is needed. While learning support is offered case by case, children need to be able to access mainstream instruction to fully benefit from our curriculum.
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
Trinity’s highest grade will be Grade 9 in 2027. Plans are in place to take this cohort of students to Grade 12, with this class reaching matric in 2030. In this year, by God’s grace, Trinity will have attained its goal of partnering with Christian parents to provide for the next generation a rigorous, God-honouring, Classical Christian Education from Preschool to Grade 12.
Reading about Classical Christian Education only gets you so far. Come and sit in on a lesson, watch how children are taught, and ask the teachers questions this page has left unanswered.
Think clearly. Live faithfully. Lead courageously.
