Carnarvon Community College

Carnarvon Community College[4] is a government comprehensive early learning, primary, and secondary school, located in Carnarvon, a regional centre in the Gascoyne region, 906 kilometres (563 mi) north-west of Perth, Western Australia.

Carnarvon Community College
Location
Carnarvon Community College Location in Western Australia
Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Western Australia Australia
Coordinates	24°53′14″S 113°39′35″E
Information
Former name	Carnarvon Senior High School
Type	Government comprehensive early learning, primary, and secondary school
Established	1954 (1954)
Educational authority	WA Department of Education
Principal	Ryan Govan[1]
Years	Early learning; K-12
Enrolment	464[2][3] (2018)
Campus type	Regional
Colour(s)	Gold and black
Website	carnarvoncc.wa.edu.au

Established in 1954, the College enrolled 464 students in 2018, from early learning, through to Years K-12; of whom seventy percent identified as Indigenous Australians and seven percent of whom were from a language background other than English.[2] The school is operated by the WA Department of Education. The school principal is Ryan Govan.[1]

Overview

The school was established in 1954 as a junior high school and was upgraded in 1974 to become the Carnarvon Senior High School. By 2012 the school had an enrolment of 196 students between Year 8 and Year 12, approximately 46 per cent of whom were Indigenous Australians. Enrolments at the school have been reasonably steady over the past few years with 269 students in 2007, 316 in 2008, 300 in 2009, 245 in 2010, 212 in 2011 and 196 in 2012.

In 2018 it was announced that Carnarvon Senior High School would amalgamate with the adjacent public kindergarten and primary school to establish a K-12 campus on one site called Carnarvon Community College.[5][6][7] In 2019, its first year of operation, the combined College had an enrolment of 459 students from early learning, primary and high school.[3]

See also

• List of schools in rural Western Australia
• Education in Western Australia

References

1. "Carnarvon Community College: Administration". Schools online. WA Department of Education. 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
2. "Carnarvon Community College, Carnarvon, WA". MySchool. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
3. "Carnarvon Community College: Student Numbers". Schools online. WA Department of Education. 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
4. "Carnarvon Community College". Schools online. WA Department of Education. 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
5. Nahan, Mike; Redman, Terry; Collier, Peter (14 May 2016). "Our State Budget 2016-17: Efficient delivery of quality services - New facilities for Carnarvon Community College" (Press release). Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
6. "Carnarvon Community College". Crothers Construction. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
7. "Carnarvon Community College - Stage 2 & 3". Pritchard Francis. Retrieved 17 September 2018.