Marsden High School

Not to be confused with Marsden State High School in Waterford West, Queensland.

Marsden High School
Logo of Marsden High School
Location
Meadowbank, Sydney , New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	33°48′46″S151°05′34″E / 33.81278°S 151.09278°E / -33.81278; 151.09278
Information
Former name	Ermington High School
Type	Public co-educational secondary day school
Motto	Learning for life
Established	January 1959;66 years ago (1959-01) [1]
Educational authority	New South Wales Department of Education
Principal	Stephen Smith
Staff	104 [2]
Years offered	7–12
Enrolment	1262 total 704 boys 558 girls [2]  (2024 [2] )
Campus	Rhodes Street, Meadowbank
Colour(s)	Green and white
Website	marsden-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

Marsden High School (MHS) is a public co-educational secondary day school, located in Meadowbank, a northern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The school was originally named Ermington High School before adopting its current name in March 1959. It caters to students from Years 7 to 12 and is operated under the authority of the New South Wales Department of Education.

History

Marsden High School opened in January 1959 under the name Ermington High School. It was renamed in March of the same year. ^[1] The original campus was located on Winbourne Street, West Ryde.

On 26 June 2018, the NSW Government announced that Marsden High School will be moving to the new education precinct at Meadowbank which is to be built on part of the TAFE NSW Meadowbank campus. ^[3] The school was relocated from Winbourne Street to the new purposely built site and opened on 27 April 2022. ^[4] The old site on Winbourne Street is under construction to be rebuilt as a new multisport facility. ^[5]

Notable alumni

• Professor Margaret Gardner AO — current Governor of Victoria, economist and former Vice-Chancellor of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
• Greg Matthews — former NSW and Australian Test Cricketer
• Dan Parks — former Scottish Rugby Union player
• Kim Williams AM — media executive
• Leigh Hatcher — Australian journalist and author
• Luke Fowler — entrepreneur

Notable teachers

• Richard Gill OAM — conductor and music director of the Victorian Opera, taught music at Marsden

See also

• List of government schools in New South Wales
• Electoral district of Ryde
• Division of Bennelong
• City of Ryde

References

1. "Marsden High". Government Schools of New South Wales from 1848. NSW Education and Communities. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
2. "Marsden High School". Australian Curriculum Assessment Reporting Authority (ACARA). Retrieved 14 May 2025.
3. "Marsden High School relocation announcement". June 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
4. "Record school infrastructure investment continues for NSW Public Schools". April 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
5. "Project Overview" (PDF). April 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

External links

• Official website