How SPARK Schools Aims To Disrupt The Crisis In South African Education
How SPARK Schools Aims To Disrupt The Crisis In South African Education. SPARK Schools is a network of private schools offering affordable, globally competitive education. SPARK Schools was co-founded by Stacey Brewer and Ryan Harrison in 2012. Concerned by the state of South African education they committed to finding a solution.
They believed that an innovative approach could disrupt the crisis in South African education and dedicated themselves to creating a new model that would provide access to high-quality education at an affordable cost. SPARK Ferndale, the first school in the SPARK Schools network, opened in 2013 in Gauteng, Johannesburg. Since then, the network has expanded to serve 14,000 SPARK Scholars at 19 primary schools and 1 high school across Gauteng and The Western Cape. The company is committed to opening new schools across the country every year because it believes that South African parents and children deserve access to an excellent education.
The company vision is for South Africa to lead global education. This vision is not limited to SPARK Schools but aims to ensure that the standard of education in South African is elevated so that it becomes an inspiration to the rest of the world. The SPARK Schools mission is to provide affordable, globally competitive education to South African families who may previously have been unable to access this quality of education. This mission is evidenced by the goal that every SPARK scholar should have the opportunity to go to university and to enter a career of their choice.
This idea passionately drives all the company does. At a school level, it aims to spark greatness within each child. The company believes that shaping children to be well-rounded and responsible, global citizens, will ultimately spark change and drive the nation forward.
