It was in 1970 that a school in Westville North opened its doors to the children living in this newly developed area. The headmaster was Mr Cyril Thomas and there were 99 pupils, 5 teachers and 2 caretakers. For the first 7 months the school had no phones! The school was officially opened in January 1971.
Few written records are available from these early years. However, photographs show that Prizegiving was held outside on the field and a wall collapsed during December in 1973 or January 1974. Mrs Polmans was appointed to the staff in 1976.

1977 appeared to be a memorable year. During that year a magazine was printed giving valuable information about the school. Until then the pupils were divided into 2 houses, Scarlet and Gold, now they were divided into 4, Huntley, Holm, Ross and West. How were they named and by whom? A competition was run for this but in the end the principal Mr W. (Bill) Jooste named the houses using the following criteria:
 

Ross	John	(from the realm of children) - one of the child heroes in South African History. A Scots boy who walked 1,000 km to save his friends.
West	Martin	(from the realm of history/Administration) - after whom Westville was named - first Lieutenant Governor of Natal
Holm	Hans	(from the realm of education) - a teacher at the first school in Westville - buried in Westville Cemetery.
Huntley	Thomas	(from the realm of pioneers) - early coach driver and farmer in present-day Northcliffe Avenue - Huntley's Hill forms part of Jan Hofmeyer Road.

The first Athletics meeting of the 4 houses was held. Huntley was the winning house and the first Victor Ludorum was shared by Clark Ellis and David Linegar and the first Victrix Ludorum was Janet Nevay. the Medley Relay trophy was won by Holm and Huntley. The first report for Athletics was written by Mrs S. Southgate who had been appointed to the staff in that year.

Family Funday, now an annual event, was held for the first time and was a great success as started by Mr A. Law in his report.

Other activities in that year included the Art Club, Choir, Recorder, Scripture Union, Rounders, Tennis, Rugby, Cricket and Hockey.

Mr W. Jooste wrote the School song which was heard by the parents at the Prizegiving for the first time.

The Media Centre continued its development adding a large number of books to its stock and purchasing other much needed items.

In 1980 Mr Watts took up his post as principal of Pitlochry. The school had expanded greatly and there was talk of putting in a swimming pool and building a new entrance, a corridor for the Std 5's, a school hall and an administration block. Tom Sawyer was the first play performed at Pitlochry and it was produced by Mr Watts.

In 1981 building began on the school hall.

1982 saw the completion of the school hall which was officially opened on the 9 November by Mr Levinsohn.

For all those who enjoyed swimming 1983 was a year to remember. This was when our swimming pool was completed and the first galas were held. Floodlights, a pavilion and seating were all built in this area to make it really comfortable for all who participated in those events.

The play for that year was 'Forest Folk', produced by Mr Watts.

At the end of the first term in 1984 the administration block had been completed and we all moved into these beautiful new rooms The staff were delighted at their large airy staffroom and the secretaries were thrilled with their brand new offices. as for the headmaster's office, with its new furniture, it was magnificent. But we soon settled back into our daily activities and the school continued to provide excellent extra-curricular activities for its pupils.

The play that year was 'Magical Mystery Man'. Will we ever forget the catastrophe of the leading actor being rushed to hospital after the dress rehearsal to have his appendix removed. On the day of the opening Bradley Baard spent his day rehearsing Sean Hunter's part and that night he performed two roles, his own and that of the 'Magical Mystery Man'.

1984 was also the year in which Mr van Pletzen and Mrs Miller joined the staff.

1985 marked the start of the 'computer age' at Pitlochry when 3 computers were bought. After all the expensive development(R276 000,00) over the past few years things began to slow down. This did not apply to the education and activities of the school as these continued to grow and develop. The school play was once again Tom Sawyer, obviously a favourite of the audiences.

We continued with our development of a computer room, purchasing more Commodore 64's until by the end of 1987 we had 11 computers and pupils were given instruction in Logo and other programmes during their lessons.

The school play in 1986 was 'Oliver' produced by Mr D. Seager, who also played the part of Fagan. Mrs Cory, who had just arrived at Pitlochry was the pianist.

In 1984 Mrs Adamson who joined the staff halfway through 1986 produced 'Pinnochio'.

Mr Watts left Pitlochry at the end of 1987 to take up a promotion post at Benjamin Pine. He had been at Pitlochry eight years and had maintained old traditions and instigated new annual events to the Pitlochry calendar, one of which was the tour to Parkview in Johannesburg.

Mr T. Rowe was acting principal for the half-year in 1988 and Mr P.A. Law was appointed principal and took up his post at the beginning of the third term. He had been the acting principal in 1978-1979. Mrs Sage also joined the staff that year.

In 1989 we welcomed Mr Stewart to Pitlochry as H.O.D.

Our next big event was in 1990 when Pitlochry was 21 years old and we had a special 'Birthday Bash' funday.

In 1991 the production of plays was resumed when Mrs Anne Mondon produced 'Mowgli'. We were all thrilled to participate in a production again and it was a great success thoroughly enjoyed by all.

This was also the year that Mrs Storrer returned to Pitlochry after having spent 3 years in the Dominican Republic. Mrs Storrer had taught at Pitlochry in 1980 1982 and was thrilled to be back home.

In 1991 we were a 'Model B' school and our school was opened to pupils of all races.

In 1992 we changed to a 'Model C' school and more pupils of other race groups were welcomed to our school. The year was as usual a very busy one for teachers and pupils alike. We held our usual round of events and highlights with enthusiasm and enjoyment. This was the year that our two secretaries Mrs Sykes and Mrs East joined Pitlochry staff. New teachers were Mrs Wortmann and Mrs Laurence.

1993 once again saw a school play in production, this time the 'The Little Mermaid' produced by Mrs Anne Mondon. Miss J. Workman and Mr G. Powell took up their first teaching posts at Pitlochry.