Learn at your own pace
No rigid timetables — move on when ready, take longer where it counts.
Enrolling Grade 8 · JanuaryJan 2027
Where learning
Where learning
transforms lives.
An affordable, CAPS-aligned online school for South African families.
What sets us apart
Built to help every child thrive
CAPS focused
Built around the South African CAPS curriculum, so every lesson counts.
Personal ChatBuddy
An AI study buddy that explains and encourages, whenever your child gets stuck.
Built for load-shedding
Lessons and tests keep working through power cuts. Work is never lost.
Parents stay in the loop
Progress at a glance, early alerts, and clear term reports — on your phone.
Affordable education
Often less than the petrol money of a daily school run.
Why online school
New to online school? Here's why it works.
Flexible pacing, personal support and quality CAPS teaching — all from the comfort and safety of home.
- Learn from anywhere in South Africa — all you need is a phone or laptop.
- Home-education friendly — we help with registration and CAPS-aligned reports.
- A safe, focused space free from classroom distractions.
Starting with Grade 8 in January 2027 — we add a new grade every year until we reach Grade 12, so your child can grow with us.
Subjects offered
The full Grade 8 CAPS curriculum
- Mathematics
- Natural Sciences
- English Home Language
- Afrikaans Eerste Addisionele Taal
- Social Sciences
- Economic & Management Sciences
- Life Orientation
- Creative Arts
- Technology
How it works
Your path to the first day of school
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Join the early-access list
Leave your email — it takes ten seconds and costs nothing.
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Be first to enrol
The moment registration opens, we email you — before we announce it anywhere else.
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Start Grade 8 in January 2027
Your child begins the year with the founding class of Diipone Academy.
Questions parents ask
Everything you're wondering, answered
How does an online school actually work?
Your child works through structured, CAPS-aligned lessons, practice and assessments from home, at their own pace. The programme keeps them on track day by day, and our ChatBuddy gives friendly help the moment they get stuck.
Is online schooling recognised in South Africa?
Yes — thousands of South African families educate at home. Learners register with the Department of Basic Education as home learners, and we guide you through that registration and provide the CAPS-aligned reports and evidence of learning it requires.
What will it cost?
We will announce fees when registration opens, and the early-access list hears first. Affordability is the whole point of Diipone Academy — our aim is fees often less than the petrol money of a daily school run.
What does my child need at home?
A smartphone, tablet or laptop with an internet connection is enough. The platform is built for South African realities: lessons and tests keep working through load-shedding, and work is never lost.
Which grades can enrol?
Our first intake is Grade 8 in January 2027 — so a child in Grade 7 during 2026 is exactly who we are starting with. We add a new grade every year after that, so the founding class grows with us all the way to matric.
Do I need to teach my child myself?
No. Lessons, practice and feedback are built into the platform, and the ChatBuddy supports your child on demand. You see progress at a glance and get early alerts when something needs attention — in the loop, without standing at a whiteboard.
Something else on your mind? Email us — a real person answers.
Registration opens soon
Leave your email and we'll tell you the moment families can enrol — before we announce it anywhere else.