The history of Durban North College is inextricably intertwined with that of the Albert Street Boys School in Durban, which on the 1st of August 1911 led to the creation of Stamford Hill Hoërskool, a English-only medium school. With the ever growing Afrikaans community and the increasing developments of the time of areas such as Durban North, Greenwood Park and Rosehill, a demand was slowly increasing for an Afrikaans-medium school in the areas.