Penrhos College, Perth
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| Penrhos College crest. Source: www.penrhos.wa.edu.au (Penrhos College website)
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| Como, Western Australia Australia |
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| Type | Independent, Single-sex, Day and Boarding |
| Denomination | Uniting Church |
| Established | 1952 |
| Sister school | Wesley College (Western Australia) |
| Principal | Meg Melville |
| Employees | ~121[1] |
| Enrolment | ~1,400 (K–12)[2] |
| Colour(s) | Green, Gold and White |
| Website | www.penrhos.wa.edu.au |
Penrhos College is an independent, Uniting Church, day and boarding school for girls, located in Como, a southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
Founded in 1952 as the Methodist Ladies' College, South Perth, Penrhos has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1,400 students from Kindergarten to Year 12, including 105 boarders in Years 7 to 12.[2]
The college is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[3] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),[4] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA),[2] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA),[5] and is a member of the Independent Girls Schools Sports Association (IGSSA). The school takes pride in its 17 consecutive wins in the IGSSA athletics, and almost as many in the cross country and swimming events.[citation needed]
History
Penrhos College was established in 1952 as the Methodist Ladies' College, South Perth. The school moved to its present site in Como, six kilometres south of Perth, in 1971. The school was originally a subdivision of the Methodist Ladies' College, Claremont (1907), but both now operate independently. It educates from pre-kindergarten to year 12.
In 1977, the Methodist Ladies' College, South Perth was awarded to the Uniting Church in Australia following Church Union, and became known as Penrhos College. The school's new name was drawn from Penrhos College, in Colwyn Bay, North Wales, which was established in 1880 by the Methodist Church, for the special education of girls. Penrhos is a Welsh word meaning "Peak of the Moor".
Campus
Penrhos College is situated on a single suburban campus in an elevated position, on a former pine plantation. The school is 8 hectares (20 acres) in size, featuring a parkland setting and modern cream brick and terracotta-tiled buildings.[6]
Academics
The school has had consistently good WACE results and appears regularly in the top 30 schools for the WACE.
| Year | % +75 in WACE[lower-roman 1] | State ranking[lower-roman 2] | % +65 in WACE[lower-roman 3] | State ranking | % graduation[lower-roman 4] |
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| 2014 | 28.15 | 9 | 54.73 | 11 | 99.1[7] |
| 2013 | 20.79 | 9 | 52.06 | 9 | 99.33[8] |
| 2012 | 27.64 | 6 | 57.76 | 9 | 100[9] |
| 2011 | 16.24 | 29 | 56.75 | 16 | 100[10] |
| 2010 | 29.77 | 7 | 66.83 | 7 | 100[11] |
| 2009 | 3 | 9 | 100[12] |
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Alumnae of Penrhos College are known as Old Girls and may elect to join the school's alumni association, The Penrhos College Alumni Inc.[13] Some notable Penrhos Old Girls include:
- Amber Bradley – Olympic Rower
- Haylie Ecker – First violin of classical string quartet 'Bond'[14]
- Christine Ann McDiven – Federal President of the Liberal Party of Australia (also attended Methodist Ladies' College, Perth)[15]
- Tessa Parkinson – Olympic Sailor
See also
References
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