[2] Scholars have the option of leaving with the Cambridge certificate, the common school-leaving certificate in Namibia, in grade 12, or doing the Deutsche Internationale Abiturprüfung [de] (DIA, The German International Abitur), also in grade 12.

When the Abitur was replaced by the matric in 1941, the school was renamed Höhere Privatschule (lit.

Classes are split into a German and an English stream, depending on the language in which the majority of the subjects are taught.

[6] With a mix of black and white students, teachers, and parents, the school has long grappled with accusations of discrimination, racism, and bullying.

[6][7] Henning Melber opined in 2020 that: "[DHPS] reproduces significant features inherent in parts of the German-speaking minority [...] Their mindset points to white supremacy.