Kloof Pre-Primary School
Overview
Kloof Pre-Primary is one of the oldest schools in the Upper Highway area.
We aim to grow curious minds for a changing tomorrow by focusing on learning through play.
Our extensive grounds, highly qualified staff and superior facilities allow us to provide a child-centred haven that inspires creativity.
Kloof Pre-Primary, tucked alongside the Kloof shopping complex in Old Main Road, has a long history. The high ceilings and arched corridors, wooden floors and original fireplaces, give it a touch of old world charm and a heritage that the school is proud of.
It was as far back as the early 1920s when Kloof was still a “wild place out in the sticks” that a pioneering resident and community-minded benefactor, Clive Alexander Cheesman, decided the area needed a local school for the families who had settled there. This was mostly to get away from the heat, humidity and mosquitoes of Durban. The ground was donated by the Field family and originally stretched from its present position to just beyond what is now the M13 highway. In fact, part of the school’s land can still be seen across the highway, adjacent to the Methodist Church.
In 1927 the Kloof Government School was established on the present site that was originally developed in 1910. The Kloof Government School then moved to another premises and the buildings were used for many things, including the local police station.
Kloof Pre-Primary school was then established in 1972 by Mr and Mrs Brian Ferraz in the old Kloof Government School building that had been standing empty at the time. Today our school has 8 classes with children ranging in ages from 19 months to 6 years old.
We are very fortunate that we have managed to retain the beautiful and original historical buildings as well as the lovely big grounds. This is a testament to those who have cared for this area over the years and recognized the significance of the school’s heritage.