The first school in the area was established in 1890 by Theodore Erasmus at his farm "Wesfontein".

In 1895 Jan Booysen established a school on the east side of the Apies River in Pretoria.

Since 1904 the English Anglican Church in General Beyers Street has been used as a school.

The first classrooms of the Pretoria North Parallel Medium School (Primary Danie Malan today) were founded on 20 May 1909.

[2] On January 19, 1943, the Junior Hoërskool Pretoria-Noord seceded from Pretoria North Parallel and the standard six to eight students went over to House Zealand.