Whitsunday Anglican School

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Whitsunday Anglican School
Location
Whitsunday Anglican School
2/16 Celeber Drive, Mackay, Queensland

Australia
Coordinates 21°6′11″S149°10′25″E / 21.10306°S 149.17361°E / -21.10306; 149.17361
Information
Type Independent early learning, primary and secondary day and boarding school
Motto Latin: Spiritus Scientiae
(The Spirit of Knowledge)
Denomination Anglican
Established1988;36 years ago (1988)
FounderThe Right Reverend John Lewis SSM [1]
ChairmanMr D Watts, BaG.Ec, CA
HeadmasterAndrew Wheaton
Key peopleMr. A Wheaton
Years Early learning to Year 12
Gender co-ed
Enrolmentc. 847 [2]
Colour(s)Red, white & grey    
TuitionVaries by grade [3]
Affiliation
Former pupilsOld Scholars
Website www.was.qld.edu.au

The Whitsunday Anglican School (WAS) is an independent Anglican co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day and boarding school, located in Beaconsfield, a suburb in Mackay, Queensland, Australia.

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Established in 1988 by the seventh Anglican bishop of North Queensland, The Right Reverend John Lewis SSM, [3] Whitsunday Anglican is the leading academic institution in the Mackay region. [4] The school has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 900 students from early learning to Year 12, including 80 boarders from Years 5 to 12. [5] It has the highest percentage of students in the top quarter of socio-educational advantage in the region. [6]

The school is affiliated with the Australian Boarding Schools Association (ABSA), [5] the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), [7] the Independent Primary School Heads of Australia (IPSHA), [8] Independent Schools Queensland (ISQ), [9] and the Commonwealth Registar of Institutes and Courses for Overseas Students. [10]

History

The school was established in 1988 by The Right Reverend John Lewis SSM. [11] The first boarding house (Booth Boarding House) was established in 1988.

International students

Whitsunday Anglican School is the only on-campus boarding school in the Mackay region. This allows WAS to cater to international students on campus. It is also a CRICOS verified school. [12]

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References

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  2. ↑ 2016 WAS Handbook
  3. 1 2 "Whitsunday Anglican School MacKay 2019 School Fees Schedule" (PDF). The Whitsunday Anglican School. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "Academic Results". Whitsunday Anglican School.
  5. 1 2 "WAS". Schools. Australian Boarding Schools' Association. Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2007.
  6. ↑ "Whitsunday Anglican School, Beaconsfield, QLD". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority.
  7. ↑ "AHISA Schools". Queensland. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. November 2007. Archived from the original on 2 November 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2007.
  8. ↑ "JSHAA Queensland Directory of Members". Queensland Branch. Junior School Heads' Association of Australia. 2007. Archived from the original on 12 April 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2007.
  9. ↑ "Brisbane Grammar School". School Search. Independent Schools Queensland. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2007.
  10. ↑ "The Australian Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS)". cricos.education.gov.au.
  11. ↑ "History Of The School Crest". Whitsunday Anglican School.
  12. ↑ "Institution Details - Whitsunday Anglican School Limited". cricos.education.gov.au.
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