Stanger Manor Secondary School is a public high school located in Stanger, KwaDukuza, on the north coast of South Africa. Academic history The portals of Stanger Manor Secondary were opened to its first set of pupils on 21 July 1980. The first batch of matriculants sat for the Senior Certificate Examination in December 1983. The percentage pass was 82%. The percentage pass rate progressively improved to 97.5% in 1987. The number of distinctions also increased over the years and in 1987 Basil Dhaniram came twelfth in the top twenty among all the candidates in South Africa. Raveen Parbhoosing obtained the highest marks from amongst the candidates in the House of Delegates Science Olympiad and winning a sponsored trip to London to attend the Science Conference. In 1988 Camantha Reddy obtained the highest marks in the home Economics Olympiad, and the school has since been producing among the top candidates. During the 1990s, the school celebrated 10 years since it first opened; the occasion was marked by having a celebration day at school. In these 10 years other than academic achievement the school has also produced athletes with students over the years being selected to represent Natal and South Africa in their respective categories. The physical facilities at the school have undergone upgrades over the years, including a double tennis court, a double cricket net, a Basketball/Volleyball court and a swimming pool which are the most notable improvements. In 2005, the school celebrated 25 years since it first opened. The occasion was marked by having a celebration day at school. In 2007, the top five learners of the top 10 in the Ilembe region were from the school, something which no other school in the region has ever done before, with the top five learners averaging close to a 100% aggregate, and a total of 8 out of the top ten were of the school. The class of 2007’s performance has won the school a sponsorship from The Anglo American Mathematics Trust, which paid for a state of the art mathematics center which was completed in 2009; The school also allows other schools in the district to make use of it as an educational aid to learners. In 2008, the school was again one of the best performing schools under the new curriculum statement, and the learners again featured in the top achievers among the Ilembe region, featuring 3rd, 4th and