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early learning,
primary and
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Berrimah, Northern Territory
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History
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Haileybury Rendall School is an
independent
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* Independ ...
co-educational
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early learning,
primary and
secondary day school
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located in the suburb of , in the
Northern Territory
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of
Australia.
Haileybury Rendall School has the capacity for 600 students and as of 2018 had an estimated 400 students enrolled.
Background
Leading
Melbourne
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independent school,
Haileybury, acquired the site on which
Kormilda College
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operated for 50 years. Haileybury Rendall School is classed as the first “tier one” school to launch in Northern Australia. With the support of the
Northern Territory Government
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, Haileybury Rendall School opened in January 2018, including Australia’s largest indigenous boarding operation, Haileybury Kormilda Boarding.
The school is named in honour of the founder of Haileybury (Melbourne), Charles Rendall. After Rendall's education at
Haileybury College Haileybury may refer to:
Australia
* Haileybury (Melbourne), a school in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
** Haileybury Rendall School, an offshoot in Berrimah, North Territory, Australia
China
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, in
Hertfordshire, England, Rendall migrated to Australia and wanted to bring that quality of education to Melbourne, where, on 10 February 1892, he opened the first school in .
The school is closely affiliated with Haileybury, which has four campuses in Melbourne and one in
Tianjin
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China.
Overview and structure
Located in
Berrimah, Northern Territory
Berrimah is an Eastern Suburb in the city of Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia.
History
Berrimah is on unceded lands of the Larrakia peoples.
Before World War II, the Military authorities had decided on a number of locations in ...
, Haileybury Rendall School uses the
Victorian Certificate of Education
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(VCE) in Darwin, where other schools usually teach with the
Northern Territory Certificate of Education
The Northern Territory Certificate of Education and Training (NTCET) is the credential awarded to High School students who successfully complete senior high school level studies (years 11 and 12 or equivalent) in the Northern Territory, Australia. ...
(NTCET).
Haileybury Rendall operates from its Early Learning Centre through to
Year 12 with Community, Social Justice, Physical Education and Arts programs.
Aboriginal education
Haileybury Rendall School has maintained a core focus on Aboriginal education. Operating for almost 30 years on site, the boarding facilities have had a modern transformation and room upgrade for the benefit of all students. The School is committed to further developing the academic achievement of Aboriginal students.
Principals
History
School site
In 1941, the site housed an
Australian Army
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Hospital. This period in time also saw the location being used as an Air Defence Control Centre and a Transit Camp for the Australian Army and
Royal Australian Air Force
"Through Adversity to the Stars"
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In 1946 passengers and crew of the airline
Qantas
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would use the buildings on site to break long journeys. This led to the construction of Darwin’s first in-ground pool on site, that was used by the Qantas passengers and crew in 1948.
Kormilda College
In 1967, the property was acquired by the
Commonwealth Government
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for the creation of a post primary hostel and boarding school for Indigenous children in isolated locations.
Kormilda College Incorporated was established in 1968 with 121 students from surrounding Territory communities, pastoral stations and missions. Under the leadership of Principal Graham Benjamin, the school became an independent day school and boarding school for Years 8 to 12 students in 1989. Kormilda College was an
Anglican and
Uniting Church
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day and residential secondary college.
A milestone was achieved in 1991, where under Principal Derek Hunter, enrolments reached “370 students and included 100 non-Indigenous students.”
Kormilda College further expanded the school in 2015 with the opening of their Early Learning Centre and Primary School. The day and residential student enrolment exceeded 640, who were in Years K to 12. Those students were representative of the wide variety of cultural backgrounds found in the Northern Territory. Approximately one third of Kormilda students were Indigenous and most of those were residential students from remote north Australian communities. Two-thirds of students were non-Indigenous, and mostly day students from the Darwin and Greater Darwin region.
Haileybury
With the support of the Territory Government, Haileybury acquired Kormilda College in 2017
In January 2018 Haileybury Rendall School was officially opened by
Nigel Scullion
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and
Eva Lawler
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. The ‘Rendall’ part of the name is to commemorate Haileybury’s founder, Charles Rendall, who was educated at Haileybury College, Hertfordshire and set out to Melbourne to later fulfil his dream of bringing Haileybury to another land.
Controversies
In 2018, a student, Jack Fletcher, was suspended due to the length of his hair. Following this, he took the case to the Northern Territory Anti-Discrimination Commission, in where they ruled in favour of Fletcher, and the policy was edited to follow guidelines.
References
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External links
Haileybury Rendall School websiteHaileybury College website
2018 establishments in Australia
Private secondary schools in Darwin, Northern Territory
Educational institutions established in 2018
Boarding schools in Australia
Private primary schools in Darwin, Northern Territory
Haileybury (Melbourne)