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The four Special Interest Music Centres cover four distinct geographical areas of Adelaide, and were set up in the respective schools over a two-year period: Brighton and Marryatville High Schools (1976), Woodville High School (1977) and Fremont-Elizabeth City High School (1978).
Also known as Murray Bridge Christian College; became part of Tyndale Christian School North Adelaide Grammar School: North Adelaide: Independent Boys: 1852: 1896: Also known as Whinham College Our Lady Help of Christians School: Whyalla Stuart: Catholic: 1966: 2007: Amalgamated into Samaritan College Our Lady of Mount Carmel School: Pennington ...
Adelaide High School, originally named the Continuation School, is a state high school situated on the corner of West Terrace and Glover Avenue in the Adelaide Park Lands. Following the Advanced School for Girls , it was the second government high school in South Australia and the first coeducational public high school in that state.
The Groton School, t he No. 5 most elite boarding school, is tied with The Thacher School as the most selective, each with an acceptance rate of 12%. View the slideshow for the 16 most selective ...
In 1983 Freshwater High School was formed as a co-educational school catering for students from Year 7 to Year 12. During 2002 and 2003 Freshwater High School was re-constituted as the Freshwater Senior Campus of Northern Beaches Secondary College. The campus was first used in its current role in Term 2 of 2003, while still under construction.
Secondary education at this time was only provided through fee paying private schools. [12] In 1908, Adelaide High School opened, the first free State high school in Australia. [13] The number of free high schools spread slowly and in 1915 only amounted to 6.2 secondary pupils per thousand people. However this grew to 73 per thousand 1969.
Primary school ranges from reception to grade 7 (5 to 12 years old), from around 2020 moving to grade 6, and high school covers ages 13–18 (moving to 12–18). High school students in Australia are eligible to complete the South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE), with many private schools running International Baccalaureate programs.
In October 2003, arsonists targeted the school's drama building. The structure was damaged and students' art and drama projects destroyed. [13]In 2006, Pembroke became the first school in South Australia to be granted an exemption from anti-discrimination laws in order to accept a greater number of girls than boys.