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John Wollaston Anglican Community School | |
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, Australia | |
Coordinates | 32°06′14″S116°00′25″E / 32.1038°S 116.0070°E Coordinates: 32°06′14″S116°00′25″E / 32.1038°S 116.0070°E |
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Type | Independent co-educational primary and secondary day school |
Motto | Seek Wisdom to Know the Truth |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Established | 1989 |
Oversight | Anglican Schools Commission |
Principal | Anne Ford |
Enrolment | 1,000 |
Campus type | Suburban |
Colour(s) | Red, blue, white |
Website | www |
John Wollaston Anglican Community School is an independent Anglican co-educational primary and secondary day school, located in Camillo, Perth, Western Australia. [1]
The school was founded in 1989 and offers K-12 education. The school contains over 1,000 students with four different house groups, Hale (blue), Charter (green), Scott (yellow), Ramsden (red). In 2014, a new technology centre was opened.
The current Head of School is Anne Ford. [2] The school is named in honour of John Ramsden Wollaston.
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