[1] The original Kingsway High School buildings were in Dartnell Crescent, south of the Amanzimtoti River.

Built on a hill, the school commanded a fine view along the coast towards Durban, and was regarded as a showpiece.

In 1971 a new school was built north of the river, on drained swampland alongside the Pahla railway halt.

The institution thus split at the beginning of 1972, with A. E. Larkin intended as the Principal of Kingsway Junior High, standards 6 and 7, and P Bazley (who died before he could take up the post and was replaced by Larkin) as first principal of Kingsway Senior High School, standards 8,9 and 10.

The library inherited the junior school's stock, and the first librarian (Frances M. Roberts), aided by her student assistants, set about raising funds for new multimedia by showing children films in the Assembly Hall on Saturday mornings, and running a tuck shop.

The first landscaping by the school was the purchase of a sapling - as Vepris lanceolata (supposedly a White Ironwood) - by Mrs Roberts, and planted in the Library courtyard in 1974 by former student Guy H. Best.

Although the School Cadet's training never transferred to the new site, the strong sports tradition survived and continues.