Reddam House Sydney is an independent, co-educational, non-denominational, day school, located in Woollahra (preschool to Year 9) and North Bondi (Years 10 to 12), both Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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| Coordinates | 33°53′23″S 151°15′9″E / 33.88972°S 151.25250°E |
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| Type | Independent, co-educational, day school |
| Motto | We shall give back |
| Denomination | Non-denominational |
| Established | June 2000 |
| Principal | Dave Pitcairn |
| Employees | ~95 teachers[1] |
| Key people | Graeme Crawford (Managing Director) |
| Enrolment | ~1102 (P–12)[1] |
| Colour(s) | Navy blue, khaki & white |
| Slogan | We shall give back |
| Website | [1] |
In 2019 Reddam House was acquired by Inspired Education Group, an international provider of for-profit schools. It subsequently switched to for-profit status and now receives no government funding.[2]
The school was originally launched in Sydney by Graeme Crawford in June 2000, who had founded Crawford College, South Africa in 1992. It was established following a major renovation at the previous Taylors College in North Bondi.
The school attracted media attention with reports 36 percent of students, six times the state average, received "special consideration" in the 2006 HSC.[3] Reddam House has also received media attention for being the only non-selective school to achieve a top 10 ranking in the Higher School Certificate of 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022.[4][5] In the 2022 and 2023 HSC, Reddam ranked at 5th overall, its highest ever ranking.[6]
History
editReddam House started as a Years 7 to 11 school in 2001 at the current Bondi campus. The school grew quickly and a new campus at Woollahra, near Bondi Junction railway station, was opened in 2003. The new Woollahra Campus enabled the opening of the Reddam House Primary School (Years K to 6) and the restructuring of the High School into a High School (Woollahra) and a Senior School (Bondi). The Woollahra campus is also home to the Early Learning School, accepting children from one year of age.
Facilities
editThe Reddam House Bondi campus hosts Years 10, 11 and 12. The Woollahra Campus hosts preschool to Year 9. Reddam also has brother schools started by members of the Crawford family. In Cape Town, South Africa Reddam Atlantic Seaboard and Reddam Constantia were started by Sheena Crawford-Kempster. In Johannesburg, South Africa Reddam, Bedfordview (Main Campus and BCC Campus) were started by Robert Crawford and Dalene Quayle.[citation needed]
List of other Reddam House schools
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South Africa
- Reddam House Ballito, Ballito
- Reddam House Atlantic Seaboard, Cape Town
- Reddam House Constantia, Constantia, Cape Town
- Reddam House Durbanville, Durbanville
- Reddam House Umhlanga, Umhlanga
- Reddam House Helderfontein, Fourways
- Reddam House Bedfordview, Bedfordview
- Reddam House Waterfall, Midrand
United Kingdom
Old Reddamians
edit- Ben Pasternak, founder of Monkey, Inc.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Reddam House Annual Report 2018 (18 February 2020)
- ^ Baker, Jordan (26 September 2019). "Sought-after private school to swap government money for profit status". Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ "Elite school students get more special help in HSC". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 May 2008.
- ^ "Trend of Reddam House by HSC results". bettereducation.com.au.
- ^ "HSC results 2019: James Ruse tops the HSC for the 24th time as a bolter takes second". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 December 2019.
- ^ Gladstone, Jordan Baker, Nigel (20 January 2022). "Not even the long winter of lockdown could stop James Ruse topping the HSC". The Sydney Morning Herald.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Reddam House – Our schools".