Grade 6 Homeschool Assessment — End of Intermediate Phase

A CAPS-aligned assessment for your Grade 6 homeschooler, marked by hand by a SACE-registered educator with 19+ years' experience — with a written report back within a week.

✓ SACE-registered ✓ 19+ years' experience ✓ Marked by hand, not auto-graded ✓ From R50

Lauren, SACE-registered educator and founder of Assess with Lauren

Who this is for

You're homeschooling a child in Grade 6 — the end of the Intermediate Phase — and you want a real, CAPS-benchmarked picture of where they stand before moving into Grade 7. Whether you're keeping records for your own peace of mind or building the kind of progress documentation South African home-education registration expects, this gives you something solid: not a worksheet you mark yourself, but an independent, professionally marked assessment.

Why an end-of-phase assessment matters

Grade 6 is the end of the Intermediate Phase under South Africa's schooling structure — a natural checkpoint, not an arbitrary one. It's the last benchmark before the Senior Phase steps up the workload and subject count. An outside, professionally marked assessment tells you things your own day-to-day teaching can't: how your child performs without you coaching them through it, benchmarked against the same standard every South African Grade 6 learner is measured against.

What's included

Six Grade 6 assessments, bought individually so you only pay for what you need — or save R76 with the full bundle. Every assessment is a print-ready PDF with QR codes built in — your child scans them to listen to a story, watch a prompt, or record a voice note for our assessors.

Grade 6 bundle · Save R76

Grade 6 Bundle — all six assessments

Every Grade 6 assessment for one price.

  • Maths
  • English Home Language
  • Afrikaans FAL
  • Life Skills
  • Social Sciences
  • Natural Sciences & Technology
R 799,00 R 875,00
You save R76 compared with buying them separately
Grade 6

Maths Assessment

Mathematical reasoning and problem-solving.

R 175,00
What's included
  1. Numbers and operations: calculations, fractions, percentages and ratios
  2. Patterns, functions and algebra, including solving for unknowns
  3. Geometry: shapes, angles, area, volume and transformations
  4. Measurement conversions and real-world calculations
  5. Data handling: drawing graphs and finding mean, median and mode
Grade 6

English Home Language

Reading, writing and language skills assessment.

R 225,00
What's included
  1. Scan the QR code to listen to an audio story and answer questions
  2. Record a short video explaining how to make a favourite sandwich
  3. Reading comprehension across a weather report, a book review and a poem
  4. Read a passage aloud, recorded as a WhatsApp video
  5. Write an original book review and a descriptive paragraph, plus grammar
Grade 6

Afrikaans FAL

First Additional Language assessment.

R 225,00
What's included
  1. Scan the QR code for a listening comprehension exercise
  2. Reading comprehension and a written summary based on a short story
  3. Grammar, visual literacy (reading a poster) and vocabulary exercises
  4. Record a spoken presentation about a favourite recipe, sent via WhatsApp video
  5. Read a passage aloud and write a descriptive paragraph
Grade 6

Life Skills

Personal and social wellbeing assessment.

R 50,00
What's included
  1. Multiple-choice and matching questions on health, safety and social responsibility
  2. Short written questions on responsibilities, peer pressure and children's rights
  3. A case study on bullying and empathy, with guided reflection questions
  4. An extended paragraph — choose either healthy living or building a respectful school environment
Grade 6

Social Sciences

History and Geography assessment.

R 100,00
What's included
  1. Multiple-choice questions on South African history and geography
  2. Short answers on early Cape history — the San, Khoikhoi and European settlement
  3. Map skills and source-based questions on South Africa's provinces
  4. Extended paragraphs on climate, water resources, and comparing the San and Khoikhoi
Grade 6

Natural Sciences & Technology

Life sciences, matter, energy and space.

R 100,00
What's included
  1. Multiple-choice questions on plants, ecosystems and everyday science
  2. Photosynthesis, nutrition and ecosystems — including a food web diagram
  3. States of matter, mixtures, solutions and water purification
  4. Electrical circuits, conductors and insulators, and how electricity is generated
  5. The solar system, Earth and Moon movements, and space exploration

How it works

Five simple steps, start to finish.

1

Choose your subjects

Pick the Grade 6 subjects you need and check out securely with Paystack.

2

Instant delivery

Your PDF(s) and download link land in your inbox — and on WhatsApp, if you'd like — within minutes.

3

Print and go

Work through it with your child at their own pace. They scan the built-in QR codes along the way.

4

Send it back

Send the completed assessment back to us for marking.

5

Get your report

Within a week, you'll get a written report from an accredited educator, ready to file.

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About Lauren

Lauren is a SACE-registered teacher with more than 19 years in education, much of it in remedial teaching — and a homeschool mom herself. She built Assess with Lauren so South African homeschooling families could get an honest, professionally marked check-in on their child's progress, without needing to sit a formal exam.

Read more about Lauren

Frequently asked questions

Do I need to buy all six subjects?

No — buy only the subjects you need, or save R76 with the Grade 6 bundle that includes all six.

We don't follow CAPS — can we still use this?

Yes. It's benchmarked against CAPS so you get a reliable national standard to compare against, even on a different curriculum.

Does this prepare my child for Grade 7 / high school?

It gives you and your child a clear, independently marked picture of where they stand going into the Senior Phase — it's a benchmark, not a placement test, so there's no pass/fail.

How long does marking take?

About a week from when we receive your child's completed assessment.

Is this the same as registering for home education?

No — this is an academic assessment, not the registration process itself. See our full FAQ for what registration involves.

What if my child needs Grade 3 instead?

See our Grade 3 assessment.

Ready to see where your Grade 6 learner stands?