Sorell School | |
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41 Gordon Street Australia | |
Coordinates | 42°47′10″S147°33′40″E / 42.7860°S 147.5612°E |
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Type | Government comprehensive primary and secondary school |
Motto | Respecting our past, creating our future |
Established | 1821 |
Status | open |
School district | Southern |
Educational authority | Tasmanian Department of Education |
Oversight | Office of Tasmanian Assessment, Standards & Certification |
Principal | Xavier R. Brown |
Teaching staff | 64.0 FTE (2019) [1] |
Years | K–12 |
Gender | Co-educational |
Enrolment | 855 [1] (2019) |
Campus type | Suburban |
Houses | 🟨 Davis 🟦 Bridges 🟥 Hart |
Colour(s) | 🟦⬛️⬜️ |
Website | sorell |
Sorell School is a government co-educational comprehensive primary and secondary school located in Sorell, a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Established in 1821, the school caters for approximately 900 students from Years K to 12. The school is administered by the Tasmanian Department of Education.
In 2019 student enrolments were 855. [1] The school principal is Xavier R. Brown.
In March 2017, the school was one of eighteen high schools that were expanded to cover Years 11 and 12. [2]
Sorell School is the oldest continually operating public school in Australia. [3]
The University of Tasmania (UTAS) is a public research university, primarily located in Tasmania, Australia. Founded in 1890, it is Australia's fourth oldest university. Christ College, one of the university's residential colleges, first proposed in 1840 in Lieutenant-Governor Sir John Franklin's Legislative Council, was modelled on the Oxford and Cambridge colleges, and was founded in 1846, making it the oldest tertiary institution in the country. The university is a sandstone university, a member of the international Association of Commonwealth Universities, and the Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning.
Sorell is a town in Tasmania, Australia, north-east of Hobart. It is located on the Tasman Highway at the junction with the Arthur Highway. Sorell is one of Tasmania's oldest towns, being first settled in 1808 as a small farming community and becoming an official township in 1821. At the 2006 census, Sorell had a population of 1,546, and at the 2011 census, a population of 2,476. and at the 2016 census, a population of 2,907.
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