About Skye College | Our story, our people, our pathways

Our story

Every summit has a start.

Skye College began in 2015 as a small preschool in Honeydew. What started as one warm, nurturing community has grown into a vibrant independent school for babies through to Grade 12.

In 2027 we celebrate our first matric class, while staying true to the heart that shaped our beginnings: every child seen, every child known.

Our vision is an education where all students thrive. We believe thriving is for everyone, so we work to reach as many children as possible, with real impact and quality, at fees more families can reach.

Three Preschool children holding hands and walking through tall grass

Executive Head

Claudia Pienaar

Claudia brings more than 20 years in education and 17 years in school leadership to Skye. She holds a Bachelor of Education and a B.Ed. Honours in Leadership, Management and Policy (cum laude), and is completing her Master's in Educational Leadership.

She has pioneered three schools, building communities where teachers, families and students feel safe, seen and able to thrive. She has also lectured in education, led a Bachelor of Education programme, and contributed to national conversations on diversity, inclusion and instructional leadership.

Education does not change the world, it changes people, and people change the world. When we nurture meaningful relationships, equip students with resilient habits, and inspire purposeful contributions, we prepare them to climb every summit.Claudia Pienaar, Executive Head, drawing on Paulo Freire

Our four pathways to thrive

Four pathways, one thriving life.

The pathways are taught and lived, not just talked about. They shape how we teach, guide, discipline, mentor and build community, in every phase.

Relationship Builders

We teach children to make, build and repair relationships, the skills that sustain us through every season of life. Empathy, respect and care, practised daily.

Habit Champions

Small, daily choices laid down like rails: how we work, how we treat others, how we grow. Responsibility, healthy habits and resilience.

Purpose‑Driven Contributors

Every child has a shared calling to love God and others, and a unique calling in their gifts. We help them find both. Meaning, impact and serving others.

Summit Climbers

High expectations with high support, so every child reaches toward their personal summit. Excellence, a growth mindset and achievement.

Read: our vision for every child

How we care

Warmth, with a little backbone.

We care deeply, and we hold the line. Expectations are clear, consistent and framed with love.

PBS-accredited

Skye earned Positive Behaviour Support accreditation in 2025. Wellbeing is part of how every day is planned, for every child.

Discipline as training for growth

Through restorative practice, students learn self-awareness, accountability and how to repair what their choices break.

Fully present, phone‑free

Cellphones stay away during the school day, so attention, friendships and learning get the best of every student.

Two girls with their arms around each other, heads bowed in prayer, at a ThriveYouth gathering

Faith

Christ-centred, a community for everyone.

Skye College is a Christian school shaped by love, compassion and integrity. Our faith influences the way we teach, build relationships and create community.

Faith at Skye is lived out through ThriveYouth, with worship, discipleship, pastoral care and community-building that help students reflect, grow and explore Christianity in ways that are honest and relational.

We value every family that joins us. Families who do not share our beliefs may choose for their children to opt out of faith-based activities, while still being fully part of the Skye community. Everyone belongs here.

Our campus

Learning with purpose, living with joy.

Skye College sits on one property in Honeydew Ridge, with bespoke spaces for each phase. Filled with natural light and playful architectural details, the campus balances academics, movement and play, so every student finds a place to belong.

Preschool families use the Zeiss Road entrance. Prep and High School families use Piet Retief Road.

Prep children running along a covered walkway between the classrooms

The double-volume Design and Technology Lab with laptops and a staircase — **Design and Technology Lab**

The swimming pool with lane ropes and bunting — **Swimming pool**

Children leaping on the yellow jumping pillow under a shade sail — **Jumping pillow**

The astro sports field beside a paved walkway — **Sports field and astros**

High School students reading on the tiered seating in a collaborative space — **Collaborative spaces**

The Preschool playscape with a swing, shade sails and rockery — **Preschool playscape**

A bright Preschool classroom with a yellow feature wall and child-sized furniture — **Bright classrooms**

Little swimmers in bright caps having a lesson with their teacher in the heated learn-to-swim pool — **Learn-to-swim pool**

Four Prep girls sharing juice and a laugh around a table at Khula Café — **Khula Café**

Outdoor chess tables on the deck — **Outdoor chess**

Prep children hanging and swinging on the monkey bars in the Prep play area — **Prep play area**

An aerial view of the central courtyard between the Prep and High School classrooms — **Central courtyard**

Part of ThriveEd

A family of schools, each its own place.

Skye College is part of ThriveEd, a growing network of independent schools working toward one idea: an education to thrive, for all. ThriveEd makes high-quality private education possible for more families.

Our neighbours in the network include Broadacres Academy and St Luke's College. Each ThriveEd school keeps its own identity and serves its own community, with the strength of a wider family behind it.

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An aerial view of the Skye College campus in Honeydew Ridge, with the field and classroom blocks

An education to thrive, for all.