Fremantle College is an
Independent Public secondary school in
Beaconsfield, Western Australia, south-east of the port city of
Fremantle, and south-west of
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...
, the capital city of Western Australia. It opened in 2018 following the closure of
South Fremantle Senior High School and
Hamilton Senior High School due to low enrolment numbers.
Overview
At the end of 2013, the
Government of Western Australia announced that it was looking at reforming secondary education in the
Fremantle area. The
Department of Education
An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...
opened a survey in April 2014 for local residents to give their opinion on secondary education in Fremantle. Education minister
Peter Collier hosted a meeting on 4 June at the Fremantle town hall to discuss options.
In December 2014, the government announced that Fremantle would get a new secondary school to replace
South Fremantle Senior High School (SFSHS) and
Hamilton Senior High School (HSHS). In 2014, SFSHS had 300 students and a capacity of 800 students, and HSHS had 440 students and a capacity of 950 students. Those two schools had limited options for subjects for a university pathway, and the merger would make offering more of those subjects viable. The plan involved no changes to
John Curtin College of the Arts
John Curtin College of the Arts, originally John Curtin High School, is an independent, public co-educational, partially selective high school, located in East Street, , a suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
The school provides a general and ...
. A parent's lobby group suggested that local intake for John Curtin be increased instead. At the time, that school mainly took students for its performing arts program, most of whom are outside the local area.
Fremantle College opened in February 2018, for the start of that school year. SFSHS and HSHS closed at the end of the previous year. It opened on the same site as SFSHS, but facilities were significantly renovated, at a cost of $30 million. Costs were offset by the sale of the land for HSHS.
Student numbers
Fremantle College has a capacity of 1,200 students.
As of 2020, it had two
demountable classrooms.
See also
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List of schools in the Perth metropolitan area
This is a list of schools in the city of Perth, Western Australia. The Western Australian education system traditionally consists of primary schools, which accommodate students from kindergarten to Year 6, and high schools, which accommodate st ...
References
External links
{{Public high schools in Western Australia
Public high schools in Perth, Western Australia
Educational institutions established in 2018
2018 establishments in Australia
Beaconsfield, Western Australia