History.
Our past dates back to 1893. The Seventh-day Adventist Church opened Union College in Rosmead Avenue, Kenilworth. A Primary School was also started later on as part of the Institution. When the College relocated to Spioenkop in Natal (1919), the school moved to Grove Avenue, Claremont (1919), and was later relocated to Rosebank where it was operated by the Cape Town, Claremont and Lansdowne churches as Rosebank Academy. In 1941, the secondary grades (8-10) were added. The name Hillcrest Secondary School was given to the school when it was moved to Bollihope Crescent where it started to operate on 26 January 1941.
The present school building was erected in 1950 and the hall was erected in 1956. For many years it served as a practice school for trainee teachers from Helderberg College.
Many prominent names have been connected with our school, both as students and teachers.
On 11 July 2003 the school was re-registered as an Independent School in terms of section 30(1) of the Western Cape Provincial Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 12 of 1997) under the name Hillcrest Primary School.
Hillcrest Primary School is accredited by UMALUSI, Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training, www.umalusi.org.za. 16 SCH01 00160.
The School is accredited by the Seventh-day Adventist Accrediting Association. (AAA)