The Pittwater House School

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, location = 70 South Creek Road, , Northern Beaches, Sydney, New South Wales
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, type = Independent co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day school
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, founder = Rex Henry Morgan
, chairperson = Todd Alexis SC
, principal = Nancy Hillier
, grades = Pre-school education, Early learning; K-12 (education), K-12
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, enrolment = 950
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, houses = Butterworth, Morgan, and Orrock

The Pittwater House School, commonly called Pittwater House, is an Independent school, independent Nondenominational, non-denominational Mixed-sex education, co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day school, located in , on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The school is relatively unique in providing single-sex education to both boys and girls in both primary and secondary school settings, on the one co-educational campus.

Overview

It was founded in 1961 as a preparatory school for boys. A girls' college followed, opening in 1975. The school's founder, Rex Henry Morgan, was appointed a Order of the British Empire, Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1969 and was made a Order of Australia, Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2002 for his contribution to education.

Pittwater House offers a comprehensive education for students from early learning, through Kindergarten, Year K to Year 12, and is run coherently in three divisions:

* The Junior School: Early Childhood Centre, Junior Girls' College and Boys' Preparatory School
* The Girls College: Year 7 - 12
* The Boys Grammar School: Year 7 - 12
There are three houses in Pittwater House which students are organised into; Butterworth, Morgan, and Orrock. These are said to bring a community atmosphere and camaraderie to the school atmosphere and thus enhance learning, strengthen interpersonal bonds, and create connections that last beyond graduation at Pittwater House.

The school offers gender-specific teaching combined with the social benefits of a co-educational campus - an education model known as twin-schooling, parallel education or diamond schooling and supported by acclaimed parent educator, Steve Biddulph .

The school maintains an Australian Army Cadets, Australian Army Cadet Unit (TPHSACU), under the NSW 2nd Brigade, alongside other private schools in New South Wales. Enrolment into the program is optional, but many choose to join at least for their first or second years of secondary school.

History

Being founded in late 1961 and opening in the Thomas Vickers Church Hall in Curl Curl in February of 1962, the school's enrolment numbers grew rapidly, with land being purchased in Collaroy, New South Wales, Collaroy by 1964 to house a new Prep School building. In 1968, the first secondary Grammar school students started, and Rex Henry Morgan, Mr Morgan gave ownership of the school to a non-profit company which owns and administers the school to this day. The Pittwater House Grammar School was registered and accredited by the NSW Board of Studies to offer the Higher School Certificate (New South Wales), HSC and registered with the Commonwealth Government to receive per capita non-government school grants.

The Country Life Scheme was created in 1970, entailing annual visits by class groups to the historic Abercrombie House in Bathurst. This program led to the foundation of the School's Cadet Unit in 1972; the first co-ed Cadet Unit in Australia following the opening of the secondary Girls College in 1975.

The Junior Girls College opened in 1977, at which point sectional headmasters were appointed as administrators of the four schools that made up Pittwater House. In 1984, the 1000-seat capacity Great Hall was completed. Construction of the School's Short Course Olympic Swimming Pool began in 1994, and in 2005 the School opened a purpose built, DOCs compliant, Early Childhood Centre to assist with the demand for pre-school places on the Northern Beaches. In 2009, the school received Australian Government Stimulus Funding grants including a $1.7 million grant for the construction of the indoor sports stadium, which was built in 2010.

See also

* List of non-government schools in New South Wales
* Rex Henry Morgan

References

External links

Pittwater House website

Private schools Northern Beaches Sydney
Educational institutions established in 1961
1961 establishments in Australia
Nondenominational Christian schools in Sydney
Private primary schools in Sydney
Private secondary schools in Sydney

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