About our School

Clifton was established in 1942 and has consistently offered experience and expertise in termly, weekly and periodic boarding. 

Our beautiful rural setting in the stunning KZN Midlands offers children opportunities that cannot be replicated in urban schools. The freedom and safety our day scholar and boarder children enjoy on our 60ha estate and the surrounding farmlands has to be experienced to be understood.

Our Vision

Clifton Notties nurtures independent, resilient perseverant and self-disciplined boys and girls, preparing them to tackle the challenges of the world beyond our gates with confidence, creativity, and self-knowledge in the spirit of Ubuntu. We remain true to our heritage and the great traditions of our past as a safe haven from the demands and pressures of the modern age. 

Our Mission

To deliver a progressive holistic, Christian preparatory school education that’s always inspiring personal bests, while never compromising the sanctity of childhood.

Our Values

Our Brand Promise

“We promise to champion childhood with the rigour and freedom to discover—in ways that inspire personal bests.”

Our Motto

“Prodesse Quam Conspici” – To accomplish (quietly) rather than be conspicuous.