The school was founded in 1988 by Mrs D.A. Broderick, our current Executive Head and board member, as Magic Moments Nursery School.
It continued as such until the Department of Education granted permission in 1997 to establish a fully-fledged primary school to meet the needs of the area. This became Dalpark Private School. Initially, there was one class per grade in the Foundation Phase which grew to the Intermediate Phase.
In 2001 the school was re-registered under the banner of Dalpark Independent Educational Centre (DIEC), operating as Dalpark Private School.
At this stage, an independent board of directors was formed which included members from the educational, business, religious and legal sectors. Of the original board, we have our Chairperson Mr A. Davis, who has extensive business, legal and financial expertise, Mr A Webster, who is a well-respected pastor and member of the Christian religious community, and Mrs D. Broderick, the founder and the educational specialist on the board. Since then, Mr L. Naina, the current Brakpan school Principal, Mrs L. van der Spuy, the bursar and most recently, Mr B. Broderick, the Tongaat Principal, have also been added to the board.
DIEC continued to grow incrementally and in 2004 the first Grade 7 class was established. Continued growth meant that the DIEC group brought in a second classroom up to grade 7. Since then Dalpark Private College was established in 2019 and has grown to form our High School in Brakpan. The need for growth into other provinces became evident due to the lack of learners being placed in schools in South Africa. This meant that Dalpark Private Tongaat was opened on the 1st of January 2022. Today our teacher-pupil ratio is in the region of 1:25.
Dalpark Private School Tongaat is located in Tongaat,KZN. Dalpark Private School Tongaat is an Independent Primary School that caters for learners from Grade R to Grade 7. The school boasts small classes (not exceeding 30 learners) and well-qualified teachers.
Dalpark Private is not merely an educational institution; it is a warm, welcoming, comfortable, diversely rich place, which changes enough into more, chaos into order, confusion into clarity, strangers into friends and much more. The Educators at this school have a great passion for what they do. They are of a high calibre and are always striving to achieve and improve and educate to the best of their ability. They are led by an extremely capable and actively involved management team whose aim is to create a successful learning environment that showcases holistic development.
Besides offering an excellent standard of education, Dalpark Private School caters for the talents and abilities of our diverse culture by offering numerous cultural, sports and academic extra murals. The school itself is beautiful, neat and safe. The school also encourages parental involvement in many aspects of the school life.
Dalpark Private School, although small in size, is well known in the Brakpan and East Rand area for being progressive and being willing to implement new programmes to benefit the learners. The school offers to allow learners all opportunities to grow while at this institution, hence the motto growth through knowledge!
Monday
07:15 - 15:00
Tuesday
07:15 - 15:00
Wednesday
07:15 - 15:00
Thursday
07:15 - 15:00
Friday
07:15 - 14:30
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
Closed
01/07/2026 20:53 local time
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