Arthur Phillip High School

Arthur Phillip High School (established 1875) is a city school, located right in the heart of the new Parramatta business and education precinct. The school population is diverse with more than 90 percent of students coming from non-english speaking backgrounds. There are over forty different cultures represented in the school population. The school has a long history of being a pioneer in the integration of technology into teaching and learning. This pioneering approach will culminate in the occupation of a new future focused, multi storey school purposefully built to foster an online, interactive, digital learning environment that facilitates collaboration, critical and creative thinking, in late 2019. At APHS we cultivate programs and initiatives that celebrate and embrace our multicultural community, recognising the key role our parents play, as well as providing seamless transition points for students entering Year 7 and leaving for tertiary studies or the workplace, at the end of Year 12.

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New school: Arthur Phillip High School redevelopment

The project to redevelop Arthur Phillip High School into the first high-rise public high school in NSW is complete. The new Arthur Phillip High School can accommodate 2,000 secondary students. The facilities incorporate flexible learning spaces with adaptable/moveable furniture and room configurations. The learning spaces are technology-rich to serve multiple learning contexts from large class groups to small clusters, providing better opportunities for collaboration and personalised learning. The redevelopment and expansion of Arthur Phillip High School is a priority project to meet growth in secondary student populations in and around Parramatta. It is a unique opportunity to construct a school centrally located in the heart of the Parramatta CBD. It is a showcase for the delivery of multi-storey education facilities in response to metropolitan Sydney's increasing student community. The Department is delighted to deliver this landmark education precinct for students, families, and the broader community.

Category:

Major works

Type:

New school

Status:

Complete

Completion:

Late 2019

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LED Upgrade

The $157.8 million LED Lighting Upgrade Program will install new LED lights in up to 1,000 public schools across NSW. This means reduced operating costs for schools and improved learning environments and outcomes for our students.

Type:

Program

Status:

Completed

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Maintenance

To ensure the safety, reliability and longevity of our schools, every school across NSW receives maintenance. The Department undertakes preventative and routine maintenance every year, and repairs as needed. The Department also reviews the planned maintenance program for each school every year and reviews those items that are predicted to require work to help prolong the life of the school buildings and facilities.

Type:

Program

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Demountables

Demountables have been part of the NSW education system for many decades and will continue to be used across the state. Demountable classrooms are modern, air-conditioned rooms that provide students and teaching staff with excellent quality facilities. The learning spaces have the same range of technology that is available in permanent spaces. We review school accommodation needs each year, looking at changing enrolment patterns and other factors to prepare for the upcoming school year. This helps to identify schools that need new demountables and schools where they can removed. Most demountable movement takes place between October and February and we report our annual demountable statistics each April. Additional demountable installations can occur outside this window to support capital works and maintenance projects in schools or emergency responses to natural disasters.

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We recognise the Ongoing Custodians of the lands and waterways where we work and live. We pay respect to Elders past and present as ongoing teachers of knowledge, songlines and stories. We strive to ensure every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander learner in NSW achieves their potential through education.

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