Springbank Secondary College

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Springbank Secondary College
Location
Springbank Secondary College
Daws Road, Pasadena

Australia
Information
TypeHigh school
Mottoigniting, inquisitive imagination
Established1965
School districtInner-south
PrincipalWendy House [1]
Staff36 teaching staff
20 school services officers
Enrolment174 (2020) [2]
Colour(s)    
Navy, aqua, white & purple
Website springbanksc.sa.edu.au

Springbank Secondary College (formerly known as Pasadena High School) is a public high school in the suburb of Pasadena in southern Adelaide, South Australia. The inclusive school is on the corner of Goodwood Road and Daws Road. Springbank is a specialist basketball school. In 2017 it also adopted a science, technology, engineering, arts and maths focus, and announced formal links with the Australian Science and Mathematics School and Flinders University. [3]

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The school's basketball academy is led by Brendan Mann - said to be one of the best junior players ever to play in SA. [4] Mann played over 200 NBL games for Canberra, Brisbane and Newcastle. He has coached in Europe and was a FIBA scout for the 2017 Under 19 Men’s World Cup.

Springbank has a high-ranking ice hockey team, Springbank Sabres, [5] which has won numerous awards, and a dedicated disability unit in an inclusive model where the students with disabilities learn and socialise alongside their mainstream peers. It also offers "Doorways 2 Construction", run in collaboration with the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), TAFE and ATEC. [6] The program is offered to Year 11 and 12 students through the Inner South Curriculum Alliance.  Students complete 10 units of course work developed by the CITB as part of its Certificate I in General Construction program.

Community

The school is home to the historic Tower Arts Centre, [7] the South Australian Light Opera Society [8] and the Sturt Sabres Basketball Club. [9]

Springbank’s oval is utilised by the community – Cumberland United FC's junior teams train there, and the nearby Colonel Light Gardens Primary School uses the oval for all its cricket training and games.

History

Springbank opened in 1965 [10] as Daws Road High School and operated under this name until 2001, when it was renamed Pasadena High School. [10] It changed its name again on 8 February 2019 when it re-launched as a small school by design for up to 450 students. [11]

At one point this school had an enrolment upwards of 1200. However, after a steady decline, it had 148 students in 2015, [12] this fell further to 110 [12] by early 2017 after a move to amalgamate the school with Unley High School was voted down by parents. [13] By 2020 the school’s numbers had increased, however, remained the lowest student numbers for Adelaide high schools at 174 [2] students.

In 2017 the school was awarded $10 million for refurbishment works from the state government's Building Better Schools initiative. [14] In 2018 the school released an initial plan showing the funds would be spent on upgrading core buildings, adding a sports science centre linked to the current school's basketball stadium and improving the overall look and feel of the school.

In 2020 the school community won a grassroots battle to save the school from government closure and secured its long-term future through the guarantee of the $10 million capital upgrade. [15] At that time the government made Springbank into an unzoned school, meaning anyone in South Australia could apply to attend. Simultaneously the zone of Unley High School was extended. [15]

Notable alumni

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References

  1. ↑ "About Us". Principal Welcome. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Springbank Secondary College Context Statement" (PDF). Springbank Secondary College. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Speech: Springbank Secondary College". Carolyn Power MP - Member for Elder. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "SA Metro Developer Head Coaches". Basketball SA. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "Ice Factor | Springbank Secondary College". www.springbanksc.sa.edu.au. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "Doorways 2 Construction | Springbank Secondary College". www.springbanksc.sa.edu.au. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "Tower Arts Centre | Springbank Secondary College". www.springbanksc.sa.edu.au. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  8. ↑ "South Australian Light Opera Society Inc. - Producing Operetta and Variety shows". www.salos.websyte.com.au. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  9. ↑ "Sturt Sabres Basketball Club". Sturt Sabres Basketball Club. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  10. 1 2 "The Land | Springbank Secondary College". www.springbanksc.sa.edu.au. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  11. ↑ "Springbank Secondary College Launch". 8 February 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  12. 1 2 "SSC Context Statement" (PDF). Springbank Secondary College.
  13. ↑ "Pasadena parents vote 'no' to merge with Unley High school".
  14. ↑ Gretsas, Gloria (22 December 2017). "Major school upgrades". www.education.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  15. 1 2 News, Mirage (2 July 2020). "Springbank to remain open with Unley zone to expand | Mirage News". www.miragenews.com. Retrieved 6 July 2020.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

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