Robert Townson High School

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Robert Townson High School
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Robert Townson High School

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Coordinates 34°00′56″S150°49′03″E / 34.01548°S 150.81751°E / -34.01548; 150.81751 Coordinates: 34°00′56″S150°49′03″E / 34.01548°S 150.81751°E / -34.01548; 150.81751
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Type Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
Established1987;36 years ago (1987)
School districtSt Andrews; Regional South
Educational authority New South Wales Department of Education
PrincipalWarren Parkes
Teaching staff58.4 FTE (2018) [1]
Years 712
Enrolment727 [1]  (2018)
Campus Suburban
Colour(s)Maroon, yellow and white    
Website roberttown-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
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Robert Townson High School

Robert Townson High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located on Thunderbolt Drive in Raby, a south-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Established in 1987 to meet the demands of the growing suburbs of Raby, St Andrews, Kearns, and Eschol Park, the school enrolled approximately 730 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom six percent identified as Indigenous Australians and 41 percent were from a language background other than English. [1] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the principal is Warren Parkes. [3]

History

Both the High School and adjacent Primary School take their name from Robert Townson, an English scholar and scientist who settled in Colonial New South Wales and was a local farmer and land owner. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Robert Townson High School, Raby, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  2. "Annual Report 2018" (PDF). Robert Townson High School. New South Wales Department of Education. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  3. 1 2 "About our school". Robert Townson High School. New South Wales Department of Education. n.d. Retrieved 13 July 2019.