Callaghan College

Last updated

Callaghan College
Callaghan College Logo 2020.png
Waratah HS02.JPG
Main entrance to the Waratah Technology Campus of Callaghan College
Location
Callaghan College
North-western Newcastle, New South Wales

Australia
Coordinates 32°54′24″S151°43′39″E / 32.90667°S 151.72750°E / -32.90667; 151.72750
Information
Former names
  • Jesmond High School
  • Newcastle Boys' High School
  • Wallsend High School
  • Waratah High School
  • Waratah Technology High School
  • Waratah Technology Campus
Type Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
MottoExcellence, Respect, Responsibility
Established28 June 2000;23 years ago (2000-06-28)
School districtCallaghan; Regional North, New South Wales
Educational authority New South Wales Department of Education
College PrincipalKylee Owen
Staff~300 (2018 [1] )
Years
  • 710: Wallsend and Waratah
  • 1112: Jesmond
Enrolment~2,500 [2] [3] [4]  (2018)
Campuses
  • Principal's Directorate:
    Leonora Parade, Waratah West
  • Jesmond Senior Campus:
    Janet Street, Jesmond
  • Wallsend Campus:
    Macquarie Street, Wallsend
  • Waratah Technology Campus:
    Turton Road, Waratah
Campus type Suburban
SloganCollaborating to empower learners
Communities servedLower Hunter Region
Affiliations
Website callaghan-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
Callaghan College

Callaghan College is a large multi-campus government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in the north-western corridor of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

Contents

Established on 28 June 2000, the college operates across three campuses, with education for students in Year 7 to Year 10 delivered from both the Wallsend and Waratah campuses; and for students in Year 11 and Year 12 delivered from the Jesmond Senior campus. Before 2020, the Waratah campus operated as a specialist school for technology students.

In 2018, across all three campuses, the college had an enrolment of approximately 2,500 students, of whom thirteen percent identified as Indigenous Australians and thirteen percent were from a language background other than English. [2] [3] [4] Across all three campuses, the 2300 students are supported by approximately 300 staff. [1] The college is run and administered by the New South Wales Department of Education. The college Principal is Kylee Owen and each campus has a principal.

History

A 1999 analysis of School Certificate and Higher School Certificate results and other data including demographic studies, enrolment and exit destination statistics at the Jesmond High School, Wallsend High School and Waratah High School, revealed many similarities and patterns of results. Following consultation with parents, citizens, staff and students, the Government of New South Wales made a decision to merge the three schools and establish Callaghan under a collegiate structure. [5]

The Waratah Campus was originally occupied by Newcastle Boys' High School, a selective single sex high school for boys that operated on the site from 1934 to the end of 1976. [6] At the beginning of 1976 the school became non-selective and co-educational for students in years 7–11, and in 1977 changed its name to Waratah High School. Later the name was changed to Waratah Technology High School, which persisted until the change to Waratah Technology Campus in 2000 upon the formation of Callaghan College. It changed names again in 2020 to just Waratah Campus. Despite numerous other changes, the school retains the original Newcastle Boys' High School house names of Hannell Devils (red), Hunter Tigers (yellow), Shortland Vipers (green), and Smith Sharks (blue).

At the start of 2020, a rebranding occurred. The old 3 ring logo was replaced with 3 white or navy blue circles. The campus main colours were changed: Jesmond – black to yellow, Wallsend – dark blue to a brighter blue and Waratah – maroon to a brighter red.

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of Newcastle (Australia)</span> University in Newcastle, Australia

The University of Newcastle is a public university in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1965, it has a primary campus in the Newcastle suburb of Callaghan. The university also operates campuses in Central Coast, Singapore, Newcastle City in the Hunter as well as Sydney.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Waratah, New South Wales</span> Suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Waratah is a north-western residential suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from Newcastle's central business district and bounded to the north by the Main North railway line. Waratah station was opened in 1858 and is served by NSW TrainLink's Hunter line.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Merewether High School</span> School in Australia

Merewether High School is a government-funded co-educational academically selective secondary day school, located in the suburb of Broadmeadow in the city of Newcastle, Australia. It was established in 1977 following the merger of Newcastle Technical High School and Cooks Hill Girls High School. The school is named in honour of Edward Merewether, a prominent businessman and civil servant in the Colony of New South Wales who later became the Superintendent of the Australian Agricultural Company in Newcastle.

Barrenjoey High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Avalon Beach, a suburb in the Northern Beaches of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hunter School of the Performing Arts</span> School in Australia

The Hunter School of the Performing Arts is a government-funded co-educational selective and specialist primary and secondary day school which offers a comprehensive curriculum with a performing arts specialty, located in Broadmeadow, New South Wales, Australia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alexandria Park Community School</span> School in New South Wales, Australia

Alexandria Park Community School is a New South Wales government-controlled school for secondary and primary students located on Gadigal country at Park Road, Alexandria, a south Sydney inner suburb, New South Wales, Australia. The school is a public-funded, partially academically selective, comprehensive, co-educational day school. The school had over 1188 enrollments in 2023. 18% of students identified as Indigenous Australians and 58% were from a language background other than English. Opportunity classes are delivered in Year 5 and Year 6, as well as a selective stream in Year 7 to Year 12 for academically gifted and talented students. The school is operated by the NSW government Department of Education in accordance with a curriculum developed by the New South Wales Education Standards Authority. The school principal is Diane Fetherston.

The Northern Beaches Secondary College is a multi-campus government-funded co-educational dual-modality partially selective and comprehensive secondary day school, located on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Waratah railway station</span> Railway station in New South Wales, Australia

Waratah railway station is located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the western Newcastle suburbs of Waratah and Mayfield.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St. Philip's Christian College</span> School in Australia

St Philip's Christian College is a multi-campus independent non-denominational Christian co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day school, located in the Central Coast and Hunter regions of New South Wales, Australia.

Wallsend is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It has only ever been represented by a member of the Labor Party and is currently represented by Sonia Hornery.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Manly Selective Campus</span> School in Australia

The Manly Selective Campus of the Northern Beaches Secondary College is a government-funded co-educational academically selective secondary day school, located in North Curl Curl, a suburb on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wallsend, New South Wales</span> Suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Wallsend is a western suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from Newcastle's central business district. It is split between the local government areas of City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Newcastle High School (Australia)</span> School in Australia

Newcastle High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Newcastle West, a suburb of Newcastle, in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia.

The Bathurst High Campus of Denison College of Secondary Education is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school campus, located in Bathurst, in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jesmond, New South Wales</span> Suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Jesmond is a suburb of the City of Newcastle LGA, located about 9.5 km (6 mi) west of the Newcastle CBD in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is both a commercial centre and dormitory suburb of Newcastle. Residents include Australian and international students attending the University of Newcastle in adjacent Callaghan. The suburb also has numerous aged housing facilities. The suburb is very multicultural due to many international university students. According to the 2006 Census there were 2,442 people in 1,144 dwellings.

The Balgowlah Boys Campus of Northern Beaches Secondary College is a government-funded single-sex comprehensive secondary day school for boys only, located in Balgowlah, a suburb on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

The Kelso High Campus of Denison College of Secondary Education is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school campus, located in Kelso, in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Newcastle Boys' High School</span> School in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Newcastle Boys' High School was a government-funded single-sex selective high school, located in Waratah, a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. The school was active between 1929 and 1976, after which time it became a co-educational non-selective school.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Singleton High School</span> School in Australia

Singleton High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Singleton, in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cammeraygal High School</span> School in Australia

Cammeraygal High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located on the Pacific Highway, Crows Nest, a suburb on the lower north shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

References

  1. 1 2 "About our school". Callaghan College. n.d. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Callaghan College Jesmond Campus, Jesmond, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Callaghan College Waratah Technology Campus, Waratah, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Callaghan College Wallsend Campus, Wallsend, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  5. "Our school: History". Callaghan College. n.d. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  6. "NEWCASTLE BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL". The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842–1954). NSW. 20 June 1933. p. 4. Retrieved 27 June 2011 via Trove, National Library of Australia.

Further reading