Alexandria Park Community School

Alexandria Park Community School (abbreviated as APCS) is a government-funded partially selective comprehensive co-educational secondary and primary day school, located at Park Road, Alexandria, an inner city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Alexandria Park Community School
Location
Park Road, Alexandria, New South Wales

Australia
Coordinates33°54′03″S 151°11′47″E
Information
TypeGovernment-funded partially selective comprehensive co-educational secondary and primary day school
MottoCommunity, Opportunity, Success
EstablishedDecember 2001
School districtPort Jackson
Educational authorityNew South Wales Department of Education
PrincipalDiane Fetherston
Teaching staff76.95 FTE (2020)[1]
YearsK-12
Enrolment911 (2020[1])
Websitealexparkcs-c.schools.nsw.gov.au

Established in December 2001 with the merger of Cleveland Street High School, the school enrolled approximately 900 students in 2020, from Year K to Year 12. 18 percent of students identified as Indigenous Australians and 58 percent were from a language background other than English.[2] Administratively, the school is organized as a junior school (Year K to Year 4), a middle school (Year 5 to Year 7) and senior school (Year 9 to Year 12). Opportunity classes are delivered in Year 5 and Year 6, as well as a selective stream in Year 7 to Year 12 for academically gifted and talented students. The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education in accordance with a curriculum developed by the New South Wales Education Standards Authority. The principal is Diane Fetherston.

Significant programs and initiatives
  • Bridging the Gap between the Digital and Social Divide project (every student Kindergarten to Year 12 has access to a laptop computer for learning)
  • Positive Behaviour for Learning program (PBL)
  • Student Engagement and Retention program (SEARS)
  • Kindergarten Transitional Playgroup
  • Gifted and Talented initiatives
  • Alexandria Park Community Centre
  • Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME) in partnership with Sydney University.
  • National Aboriginal Sporting Chance Academy (NASCA) providing opportunity for students and the community to excel in sport and a pathway to greater success in education, employment and career development.
  • Vocational Education opportunities through school based traineeships
  • Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
  • Park Road Studio: Artist in Residence project in conjunction with the NCIE and Carriageworks

History

The Cleveland Street High School was formerly located on Cleveland Street in Surry Hills prior to its move to the current Alexandria Park School site in 1982. The Cleveland Street site became an annex to the school specialising in intensive English education, known as Cleveland Street Intensive English High School. In December 2001, Waterloo High School and Cleveland Street High School amalgamated on the site to become Alexandria Park Community School. From 1 January 2003 the school expanded with the amalgamation of Redfern Public School, Waterloo Public School, Alexandria Public School into the new Community School.

Until 2017, the junior school was located at the Park St Campus, and the senior school was located at the Mitchell Road Campus.

In 2017 the senior school relocated into temporary buildings at the Park St Campus, with the intention that the Mitchell Road Campus would be occupied by the Cleveland Street Intensive English High School, freeing up the Cleveland Street site for a new 14 story 'vertical high school'.

In 2018, the Cleveland Street Intensive English High School also moved to the site, pending the rebuild of the Mitchell Road campus which completed in 2019.[3][4]

In 2020, Phase 1 of the redevelopment was completed, and Phase 2 is in currently progress. The High School and Primary School moved into the completed buildings to make way for the demolition of the temporary buildings. Phase 1 provides new permanent learning spaces and core facilities for 1,000 primary students and approximately 500 secondary students. It has been finished and commenced operations from the beginning of Term 4 2020. Phase 2 of the redevelopment will expand to accommodate new permanent learning spaces for 850 secondary students, plus a multipurpose hall, gymnasium, multiple sports courts and outdoor play spaces. It is expected to be finished in early 2022. The overall masterplan will allow Alexandria Park Community School to cater for 1,000 primary students and up to 1,200 secondary students. Additional learning spaces as part of future Stage 2 works are subject to enrollment demand.

See also

References
  1. "2020 Alexandria Park Community School Annual Report" (PDF). Alexandria Park Community School. Alexandria Park Community School. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  2. "Alexandria Park Community School, Alexandria, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  3. "New inner Sydney high-rise school for 1200 students revealed". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 April 2017.
  4. "Cleveland St high school prepares to relocate to make way for state government's flagship 13-storey high school". The Daily Telegraph. Australia.


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