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Whitsunday Anglican School | |
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Location | |
2/16 Celeber Drive, Mackay, Queensland Australia | |
Coordinates | 21°6′11″S149°10′25″E / 21.10306°S 149.17361°E |
Information | |
Type | Independent early learning, primary and secondary day and boarding school |
Motto | Latin: Spiritus Scientiae (The Spirit of Knowledge) |
Denomination | Anglican |
Established | 1988 |
Founder | The Right Reverend John Lewis SSM [1] |
Chairman | Mr D Watts, BaG.Ec, CA |
Headmaster | Andrew Wheaton |
Key people | Mr. A Wheaton |
Years | Early learning to Year 12 |
Gender | co-ed |
Enrolment | c. 847 [2] |
Colour(s) | Red, white & grey |
Tuition | Varies by grade [3] |
Affiliation |
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Former pupils | Old Scholars |
Website | www |
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.
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]
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.
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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