Penrith Anglican College: Difference between revisions

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| motto = To Serve Christ

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

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| type = [[Independent school]] [[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 = 1,000

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

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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 1,000 students from Pre-Kindergarten to Year 12.

== History ==

Penrith Anglican College was established by the Anglican Schools Corporation with a clear vision: to encourage students to live with purpose and to develop a personal faith in Christ. That founding vision remains at the heart of our College.

In 1994, John Lambert, the NSW Assistant Director-General of Education, recognised a need in the rapidly growing Penrith area, for a low fee, academically excellent Christian school and felt the Anglican Church could fill this gap.

In February 1994, Mr Lambert was appointed Director of Schools in the Sydney Anglican Schools Corporation. After much research, Mr Lambert purchased the land in Orchard Hills and construction began.

Mr Barry Roots was appointed Headmaster in 1997 and the Governors built a team of 12 staff to start the College in 1998.

In January 1998, Penrith Anglican College opened its doors to 137 students from Kindergarten to Year 7 and their families.

Today the College is attended by over 1000 students from Pre-Kindergarten to Year 12.

Mrs Felicity Grima became Principal of the College in 2019.

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." the letter said.

“It is essential that a teacher supports the values, ethos and mission of the school as much as they can. It is not appropriate, for example, for a teacher to undermine or denigrate the beliefs and teaching of an employing school.”  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.

== See also ==

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

* [[Anglican education in Australia]]

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