Armidale Secondary College (abbreviated as ASC) is a government-funded co-educational dual modality partially academically selective and comprehensive

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Armidale Armidale is a city in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. Armidale had a population of 24,504 as of June 2018. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. It is the administrative centre for the Northern Tablelands region. It ...

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History

The school was established in 2019 with the amalgamation of

Duval High School DuVal High School (DHS) is a comprehensive science and technology public magnet high school in the Seabrook census-designated place in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, with a Lanham postal address.

and Armidale High School. The school was developed on the old Armidale High School campus. Whilst the new campus underwent construction, the Duval High School Campus was used as a temporary school site from 2019 to 2020. The school was announced in 2017, with the campus opening in 2021 with a capacity of approximately 1,500 students. Initially the budget for the new campus was announced to be $65 million, however the final cost ended up at approximately $121 million. It was built by Richard Crookes Constructions which finished construction in October 2020.

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Campus

The school includes 79 learning spaces, specialist learning spaces, sports courts, car parking, an

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walk. A multipurpose hall is located on the campus and is stated to be the largest indoor community multi-sport and entertainment facility in the

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Armidale Intensive English Centre

Situated on the Armidale Secondary College grounds is the Armidale Intensive English Centre which provides intensive English tuition to newly arrived high school aged migrants, refugees and international students. As well as English, subjects such as mathematics, science, HSIE, computer studies, PDHPE and Sport are taught as well. Students are expected to study for 20-40 weeks until they are able to transfer to high school.

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Schools in Armidale, New South Wales Public high schools in New South Wales Educational institutions established in 2019 2019 establishments in Australia {{NewSouthWales-school-stub

History

Principals

Campus

Armidale Intensive English Centre

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