Barker College

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Barker College
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Barker College
Hornsby, Sydney

Australia
Coordinates 33°42′40″S151°6′1″E / 33.71111°S 151.10028°E / -33.71111; 151.10028
Information
TypeIndependent co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day and boarding school
Motto Latin: Honor Non Honores
(Seek Honour above Rewards)
Denomination Anglican [1]
Established1890;134 years ago (1890)
FounderHenry Plume [1]
HeadmasterPhillip Heath [2]
ChaplainPete Tong [2]
Employees600 [3]
Years Early learning and Kindergarten to Year 12
GenderCo-Ed
Enrolment2,500
Area44 hectares (110 acres)
Campus typeSuburban
Colour(s)Red, navy and gold    
SloganInspiring Tomorrow [4]
Affiliations
Website www.barker.college
[5]
Barker College

Barker College is an independent Anglican co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day and boarding school, located in Hornsby, a North Shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Barker was founded in 1890 by Rev. Henry Plume at Kurrajong Heights. In 2016 Barker announced a transition to a fully co-educational school, commencing in 2018 with girls in early learning and Kindergarten, in 2019 with girls in Year 3; in 2020 with girls in Year 7. [6] It includes boarding facilities.

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The school also incorporates three campuses for Aboriginal children. Two in NSW and the third Dhupuma Barker, in North East Arnhem Land in 2021.

The Council of Barker College was originally constituted by the Barker College Ordinance of 1919. In 1939, Barker College was incorporated pursuant to the provisions of the Anglican Church of Australia (Bodies Corporate) Act 1938. Therefore, though Barker College is an Anglican school, it is separately incorporated and has its own governing body.

Barker is affiliated with the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, [7] the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia, [8] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia, [9] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association, [10] the Independent Schools Association, [11] and is a founding member of the Combined Associated Schools. [11]

History

In 1890, Henry Plume took up the position of Rector at St Stephen's Church, Kurrajong. It was at the church that he tutored five local pupils for the Junior, Senior and Matriculation Examinations. Their academic success encouraged Plume to establish his own school. In 1891, Plume selected Stokesleigh, a guest house in Kurrajong Heights, as the site for this school. The name Barker College was chosen in memory of Frederic Barker, the second Bishop of Sydney whom Plume had met soon after his arrival in Australia. An outbreak of scarlet fever in 1894 convinced Plume that the School was too isolated and would be better located nearer to Sydney. Thus the School moved to its present site in Hornsby in 1896, and in 1919 its ownership transferred to the Church of England. [12]

Co-education

1975 saw the introduction of the co-educational collegiate senior school for students in Years 11 and 12, with the enrolment of 59 female students. In 2000, with Year 10 becoming became part of the senior school, girls started at Year 10 level. [12]

Headmasters

Cigarette card featuring the Barker colours and crest, c. 1910s BarkerCigcard.jpg
Cigarette card featuring the Barker colours and crest, c. 1910s
Barker College "Mint" entrance gates, Pacific Highway, Hornsby, New South Wales Barker College Entrance Gates.jpg
Barker College "Mint" entrance gates, Pacific Highway, Hornsby, New South Wales

The following men have served as Headmasters of Barker College:

OrdinalOfficeholderTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
1Henry Plume [13] 1890190514–15 years
2William Charles Carter [14] 1905192923–24 years
3Arthur Charles Campbell Thorold192919322–3 years
4William Stanley Leslie [15] 1933195723–24 years
5John Gordon Dewes [16] 195819634–5 years
6Trevor John McCaskill [17] 1963198622–23 years
7Neil William Tucker [18] 198619958–9 years
8Dr Roderick Edward Kefford [19] 1996201316–17 years
9Phillip James Heath [20] AM [21] 2014present9–10 years

Motto

The school motto, Honor non Honores, is derived from the Latin meaning "Honour not Rewards". The earliest record of the motto is on an illuminated address presented to Rev and Mrs Plume on their departure from the School in 1905. [22]

Campus

Barker College is situated on a 44-hectare (110-acre) campus in suburban Hornsby, [23] 25 kilometres (16 mi) to the north of Sydney, with additional facilities located in the Blue Mountains, and The Grange, located at Mount Victoria. The Junior School, shares the Hornsby campus with the Middle and Senior schools. [23]

In 2016 the school opened an Indigenous campus, Darkinjung Barker, at Yarramalong on the NSW Central Coast, for students in Kindergarten to Year 6. [24] In 2020 the school opened a second K–6 Indigenous campus, in the old Wollombi Public School building, called Ngarralingayil Barker; Ngarralingayil means "a place where learning happens" in the Wonnarua language. 15 students were enrolled in 2020, and 22 are expected in 2021. A third campus in Alice Springs is scheduled to open in 2021. [25]

The current[ when? ] facilities of the school include:

Barker College House System

As with most Australian schools, Barker College utilises a house system for students in years K-12. Each house has a teacher in charge, called a Head of House. The Junior School has 6 six Houses that were named after explorers of Australia and Antarctica: Byrd, Flinders, Hillary, Mawson, Scott & Tasman. The Middle and Senior School has 16 sixteen houses, named after influential people in the School's history, such as alumni or School Council members. [28]

Middle and Senior School Houses

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House Shield No. 2 Barker College Middle School

The Middle and Senior School Houses are named after influential figures in the School's history, with eight male and eight female namesakes. [29] In July 2018 the College announced they would be changing the pastoral care system for the middle and senior school following the introduction of coeducation. The existing Houses are all named after influential men from the school's history, and after the introduction of coeducation, another eight new Houses were announced, after important women in the School's past. These new houses are Bowman, Fear (1980), Hill, Mackenzie, May, Stevens, Sthalekar and Stone, adding to the list of existing houses; Andrew, Boyce, Butters, Holt, Pain, Wade, Wailes and Wilson. Both male and female students will be allocated to one of the 16 houses, regardless of gender. [28]

Sport

Barker College is a member of the Combined Associated Schools (CAS).

CAS premierships

Barker College has won the following CAS premierships. [30]

Notable alumni

See also

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