Castle Hill Public School
{{Short description|School in New South Wales, Australia}}
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{{Infobox school
| image = File:(1) Public School Castle Hill.jpg
| caption = The original school
| location = Les Shore Place, Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia
| coordinates = {{coord|-33.727887|151.004663|region:AU-NSW_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| principal = Craig Oliver
| teaching_staff = 52
| enrolment = 1,095
| schooltype = Public co-educational primary day school
| grades = Kindergarten – Year 6
| motto = Ever Higher
| colours = Navy and Red
| established = 1879
| enrolment_as_of = 2023
| homepage = [https://castlehill-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/ Official website]
}}
Castle Hill Public School is a public co-educational primary school located in the Sydney suburb of Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia.{{Cite web |title=School Location 2023 |url=https://dataandreporting.blob.core.windows.net/anrdataportal/Data-Access-Program/School%20Location%202023.xlsx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241201215947/https://dataandreporting.blob.core.windows.net/anrdataportal/Data-Access-Program/School%20Location%202023.xlsx |archive-date=2024-12-01 |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority}}{{Cite web |title=ACARA Data Access Program – School Profile 2023 |url=https://dataandreporting.blob.core.windows.net/anrdataportal/Data-Access-Program/School%20Profile%202023.xlsx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240501085934/https://dataandreporting.blob.core.windows.net/anrdataportal/Data-Access-Program/School%20Profile%202023.xlsx |archive-date=2024-05-01 |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority}} It is administered by the New South Wales Department of Education, with an enrolment of 1,095 students and a teaching staff of 52, as of 2023. The school serves students from Kindergarten to Year 6.
It was established in 1879 and opened in July 1880.{{Cite web |last=Connelly |first=Steve |date=2012-04-24 |title=Castle Hill Public School – Welcome |url=http://www.castlehill-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/welcome.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130427131449/http://www.castlehill-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/welcome.htm |archive-date=2013-04-27 |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=Castle Hill Primary School}}{{Cite web |title=School history details – Castle Hill |url=https://nswgovschoolhistory.azurewebsites.net/schoolHistory?schoolId=1695 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130212512/https://nswgovschoolhistory.azurewebsites.net/schoolHistory?schoolId=1695 |archive-date=2025-01-30 |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=New South Wales Department of Education}} The original school building is listed on the New South Wales Heritage Register.{{Cite web |title=Castle Hill Public School (1090048) |url=https://www.hms.heritage.nsw.gov.au/App/Item/ViewItem?itemId=1090048 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130212823/https://www.hms.heritage.nsw.gov.au/App/Item/ViewItem?itemId=1090048 |archive-date=2025-01-30 |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=New South Wales Heritage Register}}
History
Image:(1) Former Church 1.JPGThe school's origins are from 12 July 1880 when St Paul's Denominational School was closed, and the 64 students marched 800 metres to the new school site. The original Gothic school building and vested residence was designed by George Allen Mansfield and built by George Coates & Son in 1878. This building, still standing, and is today subject to a heritage conservation order.
Lessons commenced on 12 July 1880. At the time, Castle Hill was a rural community and the original building comprising a single classroom and a teacher residence provided for 64 students.
The school continued to grow in numbers and by the early 1980s was the largest public school in the New South Wales with over 1000 students. As the school and its community grew, additional land was acquired and buildings added.
In the late 1980s, 1,600 students were enrolled but with the building of other schools nearby, the student population has settled at around 800.
On 18 October 1998, the school moved to a new site, that was a former University of Sydney research centre, with the former school ground sold to Queensland Investment Corp for the expansion of Castle Towers shopping centre. The school continues on this new site. Building started mid-1997 and the new Castle Hill Public School was completed in October 1998.{{citation needed|date=October 2014}}
Principals
- John Ussher 1 July 1880
- John J. Carolan 10 February 1888
- Robert S. McCormick 21 December 1894
- Thomas E. Cambourn 19 March 1902
- William H. Johnston 28 February 1910
- Henry R. Anstey 14 May 1919
- Robert M. Ross 27 March 1930
- Arthur E. Cattell 5 December 1939
- Edward J. Stanley 4 December 1942
- George Redmond 30 January 1950
- William N. Walker 1 February 1955
- Hilton O. Bloomfield 30 January 1962
- John G. Gallagher 28 January 1969
- Leslie J. N. Shore 27 January 1976
- Peter Shuttleworth 21 April 1992
- Bryan Mullan 27 January 1998
- Steve Connelly 21 January 2013
- Craig Oliver 2015–present
See also
{{Portal|Schools|New South Wales}}
References
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Further reading
- {{Cite book |title=Recipes / Castle Hill Public School |date=1970s |publisher=Castle Hill Public School}} — [https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvNZgNrQ6d via State Library of New South Wales]
- {{Cite book |last=Cox |first=Deborah |title=The first one hundred years : Castle Hill Public School, 1880-1980 |last2=Cox |first2=Tamara |publisher=Castle Hill Public School |year=1980}} — [https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvqzvo73od via State Library of New South Wales]
External links
- [https://castlehill-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/ School Website]
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Category:Public primary schools in Sydney
Category:Castle Hill, New South Wales