Penrith Anglican College: Difference between revisions

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| name = Penrith Anglican College

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| motto = Personal excellence through My Main Man

| location = 338-356 Wentworth Road, [[Orchard Hills, New South Wales|Orchard Hills]], [[Western Sydney|Western]] [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]]

| country = Australia

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| type = [[Independent school|Independent]] [[Mixed-sex education|co-educational]] [[Pre-school education|early learning]], [[Primary school|primary]] and [[Secondary school|secondary]] [[day school]]

| denomination = [[Anglican Church of Australia|Anglicanism]]

| religious_affiliation = [[Anglican Diocese of Sydney]]

| oversight = [[Sydney Anglican Schools Corporation]]

| established = {{start date and age|1998}}

| chairman = Philip Bell

| principal = Felicity Grima

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| grades = [[Pre-school education|Early learning]]; [[K-12 (education)|K-12]]

| enrolment = 1,500

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| website = {{URL|http://www.penrith.nsw.edu.au}}

| faculty = 130

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The '''Penrith Anglican College''' is an [[Independent school|independent]] [[Anglican Church of Australia|Anglican]] [[Mixed-sex education|co-educational]] [[Pre-school education|early learning]], [[Primary school|primary]] and [[Secondary school|secondary]] [[day school]], located in [[Orchard Hills, New South Wales|Orchard Hills]], near [[Penrith, New South Wales|Penrith]]. The College is a member school of the [[Sydney Anglican Schools Corporation]] and caters for approximately 1,500 students from early learning, through [[Kindergarten|Year K]] to

== History ==

In 2018, the Acting Head Felicity Grima signed a [[petition]] with the [[Anglican Diocese of Sydney]] to retain s 38(3) in the ''[[Sex Discrimination Act 1984]]''[[Sex Discrimination Act 1984|(Cth)]] which allows private religious schools “the right to employ staff who support the ethos of the school. This is not inconsistent with the practice of most employers and their corporate goals, let alone political parties,” the letter said.

“It is essential that a teacher supports the values, ethos and mission of the school as much as he or she can. It is not appropriate, for example, for a teacher to undermine or denigrate the beliefs and teaching of an employing school.” <ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/school-life/anglican-church-diocese-of-sydneys-open-letter-asking-politicians-to-keep-laws-that-allow-gay-teachers-to-be-fired/news-story/b02341dcb666706999562560813a377e|title=Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney’s open letter asking politicians to keep laws that allow gay teachers to be fired|last=Sullivan|first=Rebecca|date=2018-11-01|website=www.news.com.au|access-date=2019-02-11}}</ref> In the [[petition]] it was argued that a more general right' to [[Freedom of religion|religious freedom]] should exist, and the existing exemptions, however, clumsy in the Sex Discrimination Act, should remain.<ref name=":0" />

== See also ==

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* [[List of Anglican schools in New South Wales]]

* [[Anglican education in Australia]]

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