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'Redlands, Sydney Church of England Co-Educational Grammar School' (most commonly known as 'Redlands'), is an independent, co-educational, day school in Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia.
The school is non-selective and currently caters for approximately 1500 students from pre-school to year 12.
Redlands is a member of the Independent Schools Association.
Establishment
Established in 1884 as a school for girls, Redlands later established an association with the Anglican diocese of Sydney and became the ''Sydney Church of England Girls Grammar School, Redlands'' in 1945 — hence "SCEGGS" and, later "SCECGS." The current name is ''Redlands, Sydney Church of England Co-Educational Grammar School'', though it is more commonly referred to simply as Redlands.
The Sydney Anglican association
The formal link with the Sydney Anglican diocese was severed in 1976 during the disaster of the SCEGGS School Council seeking to expand land-holdings, and the comptroller of the Anglican diocesan schools misappropriating school funds and ruining the SCEGGS schools; SCEGGS, Redlands (as it then was), SCEGGS Darlinghurst, SCEGGS, Wollongong and SCEGGS, Loquat Valley survived by re-constituting themselves as wholly independent entities, severing their legal ties with the Anglican diocese while retaining the "Church of England" title in their corporate names. SCEGGS, Moss Vale, was unable to recover, and closed. Loquat Valley became a member of the Sydney Anglican Schools Corporation
Peter Cornish, the Headmaster of Redlands in the period 1980 to 2001 - the period of recovery from the '70s fiasco, cultivated an association with several neighbouring Anglican parishes.
Redlands retains its nominally Anglican status, and may appoint a Chaplain on staff.
Former association with past SCEGGS girls' schools
The Latin school motto of Redlands, ''Luceat lux vestra'', is taken from , translates "Let your light shine." It is appears in the school song which was shared with the other SCEGGS schools:
: Students of Redlands School, those old and new
: Gathered or parted, all the world through
: Still to the motto that binds us keep true:
: Luceat lux vestra.
After the collapse of the SCEGGS school network and Redlands' admission of boys in 1976 the first line of the SCEGGS song was altered at Redlands to "Students of Redlands School, those old and new...."
Current School Governance
Since the fiasco of the Sydney Anglican schools having been ruined by their comptroller having absconded with their funds, Redlands has been independently owned and operated by SCECGS Redlands Limited — a public company limited by guarantee. The role of the Board is to oversee the management and business of the company, and in particular to:
★ Appoint the Head of School and Chief Operating Officer and monitor performance
★ Establish the vision and strategic direction of the School
★ Support the School Executive and management in the implementation of that vision and strategic direction
★ Ensure that the resources necessary for the achievement of agreed goals are available.
Independent co-educational school
In 1978 the school became co-educational as part of the process to recover from the financial fiasco of the Sydney Anglican schools.
Peter J. Cornish
Peter J. Cornish, formerly deputy headmaster of The Armidale School, and previously an English master at SCEGS (Shore), both Anglican boys' schools, was appointed Headmaster in 1980, and is credited with returning the school to financial security and academic respectability. Mr Cornish emphasised academic achievement, as well as developing numerous sport and co-curricular opportunities. For his achievements and progressions in the school, the Governor Phillip Building was renamed the Peter Cornish Building in his honour on Foundation Day, 2007.
Redlands Expansion
Redlands continues to expand and it now occupies several "campuses" in Sydney, including the former Cremorne Girls' High School site which it purchased from the New South Wales government in 1989, and now operates as a Junior School and Middle years education in the school. The school also owns an experiential outdoor education site - High Country Campus in Jindabyne NSW.
The School has gradually accumulated further academic reputation, with several students entering Oxford, Cambridge and Yale over recent years.
Current redevelopment of the Senior campus on Military Road, known as the Liggins Atrium Project, recently completed, and further providing state of the art facilities for students' effective education. The project was paid for through extensive fundraising and donations by parents.
St Peter's, Cremorne
At one time, during the headmastership of Peter Cornish, SCECGS cultivated a relationship with the immediately adjacent Anglican parish of St Peter's, Cremorne, and indeed used its parish church as the school chapel.
International Baccalaureate and academic reputation
Redlands offers the International baccalaureate as well as the State qualification, the New South Wales HSC.
Higher School Certificate
Redlands (as with other New South Wales schools) offers the State-mandated Higher School Certificate. The 2006 academic year provided some of the most impressive resultsin recent years: 147 of its 182 members received a UAI over 85. One of its students managed to score a UAI of 99.95.
Christopher Daunt Watney
Christopher Daunt Watney, the recent Headmaster of Redlands, concluded 10 years at the School at the end of 2006.
Dr Peter Lennox
On the 16th July, 2007 - the Board announced the appointment of Dr Peter G Lennox as the new Principal of Redlands - commencing in early 2008.
Notable alumnae and staff
★ Catriona Rowntree, a television presenter on Channel Nine's "Getaway" program
★ Lachlan MacKay, Rugby Union player of the Western Force Super 14 team and the Australian Wallabies
References
1. Australian School Choice- NSW Schools (accessed:24-04-2006)
See also
★ List of Non-Government schools in New South Wales
★ Head of the River (New South Wales)
External links
★ SCECGS Redlands Boatshed Attack
★ SCECGS Redlands' official website
★ Sydney Morning Herald on the SCECGS stabbing incident
★ Sydney Morning Herald on bullying problems at SCECGS Redlands
★ Sydney Morning Herald on the Olympics fiasco
★ News Limited report on February 2006 further staff misappropriation problems at Redlands
★ Crikey Alumni List
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