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Top 17 Day schools for special needs based in South Africa

RevenueBase identified 90 day schools for special needs headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 728 professional contacts across them, including 157 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers day schools for special needs headquartered in South Africa, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
90Companies
728Contacts tracked
157Verified emails
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The 17 largest day schools for special needs based in South Africa

Ranked by team size
Top 17 of 90 day schools for special needs based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to day schools for special needs: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20040 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Oakley House School supports children with learning difficulties – including ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, speech and language delays, motor difficulties, sensory…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Partial evidenceNoordhoek, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20035 contacts →

Partial evidence

“EduExcellence is a group of private schools with full ISASA membership in South Africa with the following educational brands: EduExcellence Schools * Grade to Grade 12 *…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Strong evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20034 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Cedarwood School is an inclusive, co-educational, remedial Preparatory School (Grade 1 – 6) and College (Grade 7 – 12) for children who have mild to moderate support needs…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20034 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We have a high teaching standard.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Indirect evidenceBryanston, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20028 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Calibre Education: Education has evolved.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Strong evidencePort Elizabeth, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5027 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Elsen Academy is an independent school in Port Elizabeth that specifically caters for children who struggle in the large academic environments.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5026 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Bridge School is an Assisted Learning School based in Sandton offering Grades 0 - 9.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Partial evidenceBothasig, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5018 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Tafelberg School is committed o ensure that every child at Tafelberg receives quality education with the best professional and educational intervention required to effectively…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Indirect evidenceKuils River, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Strong evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20014 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Glenoaks is a remedial, special needs and vocational school for a range of neurodiverse learners.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Indirect evidenceGoodwood, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5012 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Partial evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5011 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Shelanti Private School provides intelligent and creative learners that do not fit the mainstream mould a soft place to land, a safe space to grow and a space to be yourself.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Indirect evidenceHilton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-509 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We work with kids with learning difficulties, neuro-developmental disorders and emotional issues.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-506 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“King David Ariel is dedicated to excellence in remedial education.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15Strong evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-106 contacts →

Strong evidence

“A special needs and remedial school for children age 6 to Grade 7.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16Partial evidenceFourways, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-505 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Providing one-to-one, individualised support and creating the most suitable learning environment for children with unique needs.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-505 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We provide learning programmes for children with autism.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Day schools for special needs based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
21.6%Verified-email coverage
8.1Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
25.6%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
35
11-50
44
51-200
10

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for South Africa, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for South Africa, over 90 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among day schools for special needs, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in South Africa whose own description of what they do matches “day schools for special needs”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names day schools for special needs), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among day schools for special needs, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside South Africa are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 157 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names day schools for special needs, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many day schools for special needs are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 90 day schools for special needs headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Oakley House School, headquartered in Cape Town, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most day schools for special needs?

Johannesburg leads with 23 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (9) and City Of Tshwane (4).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 157 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 90 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.