Umhlanga College was founded
in 2003.
The school came about as a result of an initiative
by Durban Girls’ College who looked to ensure
a steady supply of girls to the College in coming
years. The vision has since expanded, like
Umhlanga College, into an extraordinary success
story. Under the direction of Mrs Margo Reid supported by the
full weight of Durban Girls’
College, the school has flourished. In the space
of a year the fledgling co-educational school
has grown fourfold.
The Board of Governors and management
of
Durban Girls’ College were visionary in their
approach to the establishment of a new school
in a new area. Umhlanga College is new and
different in that it is a school for boys and girls
and starts at pre-primary level.
However, it carries with it the values and ethos
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of Durban Girls’College.
This campus, with its country feel, will provide
the perfect foundation for the formative years of schooling. The school
rejoices in its coeducational and pre-school identity. Located
on what was formerly Burnside farm, amongst magnificent indigenous
tress and surrounded by sugar cane, this fledgling school has already
written its own history with its restoration and conservation policies.
The buildings which have been
restored and
now form the nucleus of the Ken Mackenzie Junior Primary school
named after benefactor Ken Mackenzie. A new set of buildings comprising
the Robert Muir Playschool – named after benefactor Robert
Muir, sit comfortably side by side.
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