OUR STORY
A GLOBAL FOOTPRINT
THE ORIGINS OF OUR NAME
TUTUM TE REBORE REDDAM
The REDDAM motto has its origins in Scottish history with the first Monarch of Crawford who saved King David the First of Scotland from certain death by a stag during a hunting expedition. The Monarch of Crawford adopted the motto “TUTUM TE REBORE REDDAM” which means “I will keep you safe by my strength”, and his Coat-of-Arms included the stag’s head as a symbol of the Monarch’s bravery. On marrying his wife, the monarch included the fleur-de-lis in his Coat-of-Arms. Since then, the Coat of Arms of the Crawford clan has always incorporated the stag and fleur-de-lis.
In 1999, Mrs Crawford-Kempster, Director of Reddam House, worked with Mr Burnell, the State Herold at the Bureau of Heraldry in Pretoria and using the elements of the stag and the fleur-de-lis, created a Coat-of-Arms for Reddam House. Our school’s name is taken from the Latin for “give back”, and our school motto “We shall give back” is a fitting sentiment in the new South Africa, and one which serves as a reminder to our students of the importance of contributing to the community.
Tutum means protect
Roboris means strength
Reddam means give back
PHILOSOPHY
OUR EDUCATIONAL APPROACH
Reddam House offers an internationally respected curriculum, including a broad range of academic, cultural and sporting activities. We nurture individuality, talent and self-assurance in a secure, relaxed, self-disciplined environment. Reddam House understands the importance of education; we therefore equip our students to face an increasingly challenging global future with pride and confidence by inspiring true excellence in international education.
YOUR CHILD SHOULD BE IN REDDAM HOUSE IF:
You are serious about
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
Reddam House sets a new standard in private education with dedication to excellence permeating every aspect of the school. Integrating innovative, challenging and enriching academic, performing arts and sports programmes, students leave with outstanding academic results, a love of learning, confidence and a firm value system that arms them to embrace global challenges and opportunities. We offer an extensive range of subjects beyond the mandatory school curriculum. Through sound teaching methods, we expose the students to a wide variety of subjects, including information technology and research skills. At Reddam House we strive for academic excellence in every grade, with the ultimate focus on achieving outstanding examination results.
You place a high priority on
INDIVIDUALITY AND SELF-CONFIDENCE
At Reddam House we recognize that each student is special and unique. Our aim is to nurture and develop this uniqueness while simultaneously identifying latent talent and building on it. Students are encouraged to express their individuality, to be comfortable with and respect each other for who they are - and for their differences. Our core objective is to provide each child with the opportunity to realise his or her full potential.
Your child has
ABUNDANT POTENTIAL
We believe in raising the standard. In the Reddam House environment, each child is motivated, stimulated and supported to meet the highest academic expectations. We teach children to think and to question, promoting independent thought and encouraging young people to develop new ideas and their own opinions. We support children in their educational endeavours by teaching them how to think, not what to think. Students also receive tuition in life and communication skills, study methods and time management, entrepreneurship, stock exchange and banking know-how, drug awareness and eating disorder programs, guidance in choosing subjects and career counselling.
You want to prepare your child
FOR A GLOBAL SOCIETY
Reddam House education extends beyond the confines of traditional academia to tuition in life and communication skills, study methods and time management. We firmly believe it is vital that our students are equipped to meet life’s challenges in a globally competitive world.
You want
A SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT LIKE NO OTHER
Class sizes – Reddam House committs to maintaining small class sizes based on extensive research, which has demonstrated that smaller numbers in each class is one of the most effective ways to maximize the learning capacity of individual students.
Your child has passion for
DANCE, DRAMA, MUSIC & VISUAL ARTS
The pursuit of performing and creative arts promotes individuality, personal growth, self-confidence and freedom of expression, while promoting self-discipline and mutual respect. Compulsory training in public speaking and drama has been developed to ensure that all Reddam House students build strength in these crucial life skills.
You want
A SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT LIKE NO OTHER
Multiform – At Reddam House we believe that feeling comfortable is conducive to working at your optimum level. Reddam House prides itself on its uniform, which we refer to as a multiform. We have designed our practical, eye-catching multiform,as enjoyable to wear. Any items from the multiform may be co-ordinated with each other throughout the seasons to suit the individual. There is a formal uniform worn at official functions and when representing the school.
You want
A SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT LIKE NO OTHER
Educators – Each classroom employs the services of an expert educator trained to educate and implement our core principles. Our teacher selection policy is one of the most vital aspects of our schools because we appreciate the importance of the contribution our hand-picked teachers make to shaping enquiring minds and developing young talent.
You simply want your child to
LOVE SCHOOL
Being non-denominational in nature, the Reddam House environment allows for total religious freedom whilst fostering mutual respect and tolerance. Through its curriculum and teaching methodology, Reddam House instils a firm sense of right and wrong and promotes ethical values and behavior (common to most religions) in all aspects of school and personal life. Reddam House is a co-educational school group that educates students to identify and understand the differences between individuals that make up a school and therefore a community. We provide a secure natural environment, reflecting the society in which students learn to relate to each other, offering students an opportunity to interact whilst comfortably encouraging gender equality.
Your child is
PASSIONATE ABOUT SPORTS
Sport and creative and performing arts feature strongly in a Reddam House education. Students are encouraged to participate in these activities on both competitive and non-competitive levels, resulting in well-rounded students not solely focused on academia. Reddam House believes sport plays a major role in building the personal and social values vital to achieve success.
A Reddam House education extends beyond the confines of traditional academia to tuition in life and communication skills, study methods and time management. We firmly believe it is vital that our students are adequately equipped to meet life’s challenges in a globally competitive world.
At Reddam House we integrate innovative, challenging and enriching academic, performing arts and sports programmes into our daily curriculum.
PERFORMING AND CREATIVE ARTS
A Reddam House education endows each individual student with the self-confidence that derives from performance, the appreciation of the arts as fundamental to the human experience and a creative approach to all they do. Whether through learning to speak in public, drama, dance and instrumental music lessons for all, or by developing a love of the visual arts, Inspired believes that artists are not special kinds of people but every person is a special kind of artist – and by setting free the creative individuality of each child, academic studies also flourish further.
ACADEMICS
This is the central pillar of a child’s education. Academic results are vitally important, leading to the qualifications that open up the world beyond school at university and the world of work. Reddam House schools do not teach to the test. Students reach their academic potential when they are engaged in the learning process, when their self-confidence is strengthened, when they are empowered by learning to think critically, and when their approach to study is ignited by outstanding teaching.
Sports
Reddam House’s sporting pillar stands for health and well-being, fun, motivation, self-discipline and self-esteem. Whether involving students in team sports or introducing them to individual pursuits, Inspired aims to provide an athletics programme to suit every girl and boy. While some our students go on to achieve national and international honours, all benefit from the fitness, enjoyment and life-long interest that sport can provide. And here again, the physical exercise involved contributes to mental alertness necessary for successful study and love of learning.