Yanchep Secondary College is an
Independent Public secondary school
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in
Yanchep, a far northern suburb of
Perth, Western Australia.
History
Yanchep District High School
Yanchep District High School was a public co-educational primary and high day school, located in the Perth suburb of Yanchep, Western Australia. It was opened in 1975 and closed in 2017, replaced by Yanchep Secondary College and Yanchep Lagoon ...
was the school serving the Yanchep area, with students from Kindergarten to year 10. The closest school for year 11's and 12's was
Butler College
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, south. Due to the area being one of the fastest growing parts of Perth, there was a need for a larger high school.
Stage one of Yanchep Secondary College commenced construction in 2017; this stage is set to cater for 725 students, costing $43.5 million. Stage one has 33 general classrooms, specialist rooms for science, computing, woodwork, metalwork and home economics, a gymnasium and sports fields.
Yanchep Secondary College opened at the start of the 2018 school year for years 7 to 11, with year 12's beginning in 2019. Yanchep District High School was renamed to Yanchep Lagoon Primary School, and it stopped serving high school students.
Stage two began construction in 2019. It had a cost of $12.5 million. It caters for up to 1,500 students, and includes a performing arts centre, a commercial kitchen and cafe.
It was completed in December 2020, on schedule.
Local intake area
The school's local intake area covers the suburbs of
Yanchep and
Two Rocks. The local intake area for Year 11s and 12s also covers the localities/towns of Breton Bay, Caraban, Cowalla, Gabbadah,
Guilderton, Karakin,
Lancelin,
Ledge Point
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* Stratum, a layer of rock
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, Nilgen, Neergabby, Seabird, Wanerie,
Wilbinga and
Woodridge. Students living in the local intake area have a guaranteed place at the school if they apply.
Academic results
2019 was the first year where Year 12's graduated. Due to there being only eight students acquiring an
ATAR, no statistics were published.
Student Numbers
See also
*
List of schools in the Perth metropolitan area
References
{{Public high schools in Western Australia
Public high schools in Perth, Western Australia
Educational institutions established in 2018
2018 establishments in Australia
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