12 January 2026
After an impressive showing in the 2024 matric exams, Michaelhouse reloaded and dazzled again with another sparkling set of results in the 2025 exams, which included an average of 2.8 distinctions per learner.
A 100 percent pass rate was achieved, with 99 percent of the candidates achieving a Bachelor’s Degree pass.
It wasn’t solely about passing, though. It was about passing with flying colours. Thirty-two percent of Michaelhouse boys achieved an A aggregate, up six percent on last year’s excellent results, while 40 percent were rewarded with B aggregates, which matched 2024’s results.
Across all subjects, the average was a remarkable 74 percent. Thirty-seven percent of all results were A symbols, 66 percent were either A or B symbols, and 86 percent were either A, B, or C symbols.
Three boys – Oliver Bruyns, Luke Camerer, and Reily Elliot – were included on the IEB’s Outstanding Achievement List for finishing in the top five percent of six subjects nationally.
Dux, Reily Eliot, averaged 94.1 percent and received eight distinctions. All eight of his distinctions with at 90 percent or above, including 97 percent for Further Studies Maths Standard Calculus and Algebra, and 96 percent for Life Orientation, Mathematics, and Economics.
Oliver Bruyns, the Proxime Accessit, also received eight distinctions and an overall aggregate of 92.6 percent. He scored 97 percent for Engineering Graphics and Design (EGD), 96 percent for both Life Orientation and Economics, and 95 percent for Mathematics.
Simon Bailes averaged 92.1 percent, also with eight A symbols. Every one of his distinctions were 90 percent or above, with a high of 96 percent for EGD.
Roelof Rossouw, fourth overall among Michaelhouse’s learners, averaged 91.9 percent, but also scored an exceptional nine distinctions, including 99 for Mathematics, 98 percent for FS Statistics and 97 percent for FS Maths Standard (Calculus and Algebra).
Luke Camerer averaged 90.7 percent, with eight A symbols, including 97 percent for Life Orientation, 95 percent for Mathematics, and 94 percent for FS Maths Standard (Calculus and Algebra)
Khwezi Dube, Andreas Papadopoulos, and Luke Sidebottom matched the top five with eight distinctions each, while Aras Apteker, Thomas Charlton, and Luvuyo Tsibani all received seven.
Brunton Bigalke, Daniel French, William Gilson, Justin Higginson, Dillon Lahaye, Tinashe Simelane, Nicholas Smithers, and Adrian von Klemperer finished with six A symbols each.
A number of boys finished in the top one percent of subjects nationally: Oliver Bruyns and Reily Eliot (Economics); Simon Bailes and Reily Eliot (English home language); Luke Camerer, Reily Elliot, Dillon Lahaye, and Oliver Bruyns (Life Orientation); Luke Camerer and Andreas Papadopoulos (Life Sciences), Matthew Carolan (Mathematical Literacy), and Roelof Rossouw (Mathematics).
A remarkable 52 percent of the 91 boys who wrote Mathematics achieved distinctions. In Mathematical Literacy, 77 percent – 30 of the 39 boys – received A symbols.
Those successes extended to FS Maths Standard (Calculus and Algebra), with 61 percent (20 out of 33 boys) achieving distinctions.
Other subjects with 40 percent or more A symbols included Dramatic Arts, EGD, isiZulu, Information Technology, Life Sciences, and Life Orientation.
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