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Robert Townson High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located on Thunderbolt Drive in Raby, a south-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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| Coordinates | 34°00′56″S 150°49′03″E / 34.01548°S 150.81751°E |
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| Type | Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school |
| Established | 1987 |
| School district | St Andrews; Regional South |
| Educational authority | New South Wales Department of Education |
| Principal | Warren Parkes |
| Teaching staff | 58.4 FTE (2018)[1] |
| Years | 7–12 |
| Enrolment | 727[1] (2018) |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colour(s) | Maroon, yellow and white |
| Website | roberttown-h |
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Established in 1987 to meet the demands of the growing suburbs of Raby, St Andrews, Kearns, and Eschol Park, the school enrolled approximately 730 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom six percent identified as Indigenous Australians and 41 percent were from a language background other than English.[1] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the principal is Warren Parkes.[3]
History
editBoth the High School and adjacent Primary School take their name from Robert Townson, an English scholar and scientist who settled in Colonial New South Wales and was a local farmer and land owner.[3]
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b c "Robert Townson High School, Raby, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Annual Report 2018" (PDF). Robert Townson High School. New South Wales Department of Education. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ a b "About our school". Robert Townson High School. New South Wales Department of Education. n.d. Retrieved 13 July 2019.