Holy Family College is a school with a long and proud tradition. The Sisters of the Holy Family Congregation came to Durban from Bordeaux, France in 1875, in response to a request from Bishop Jolivet, who asked them to establish a “school for young ladies” in the town. The school began its life on the site of the present Durdoc Centre in Smith Street, and then moved to where Diakonia now stands in what was St. Andrew’s Street a few years later and finally in 1962 to its present site off Francois Road in Glenmore.

The School has changed greatly over the years; from being a girl’s only Convent (known as Convent High) to a co-educational, school, and from a school run by the Holy Family Sisters to one run by the Catholic Community. Although the Holy Family Sisters have withdrawn from administrative duties, the tradition of a blessed Christian upbringing lives on. The school was one of the very first in Durban to open its doors to learners from all ethnic groups, and we now reflect the population structure of our country.

 If you have any pictures from your days at HFC or any anecdotes that you would like to share on this website please email (or if you are from the very early days of HFC perhaps post them or better still ask your children or grand children to scan them and then email them to:

 academics @holyfamilycollege.co.za