Whitsunday Anglican School
Location
2/16 Celeber Drive, Mackay, Queensland

Australia
Coordinates21°6′11″S 149°10′25″E / 21.10306°S 149.17361°E / -21.10306; 149.17361
Information
TypeIndependent early learning, primary and secondary day and boarding school
MottoLatin: Spiritus Scientiae
(The Spirit of Knowledge)
DenominationAnglican
Established1988 (1988)
FounderThe Right Reverend John Lewis SSM[1]
ChairmanMr D Watts, BaG.Ec, CA
HeadmasterAndrew Wheaton
Key peopleMr. A Wheaton
YearsEarly learning to Year 12
Genderco-ed
Enrolmentc. 847[2]
Colour(s)Red, white & grey    
TuitionVaries by grade[3]
Affiliation
Former pupilsOld Scholars
Websitewww.was.qld.edu.au

The Whitsunday Anglican School (WAS) is an independent Anglican co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day and boarding school, located in Beaconsfield, a suburb in Mackay, Queensland, Australia.

Established in 1988 by the seventh Anglican bishop of North Queensland, The Right Reverend John Lewis SSM,[3] Whitsunday Anglican is the leading academic institution in the Mackay region.[4] The school has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 900 students from early learning to Year 12, including 80 boarders from Years 5 to 12.[5] It has the highest percentage of students in the top quarter of socio-educational advantage in the region.[6]

The school is affiliated with the Australian Boarding Schools Association (ABSA),[5] the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[7] the Independent Primary School Heads of Australia (IPSHA),[8] Independent Schools Queensland (ISQ),[9] and the Commonwealth Registar of Institutes and Courses for Overseas Students.[10]

History

The school was established in 1988 by The Right Reverend John Lewis SSM.[11] The first boarding house (Booth Boarding House) was established in 1988.

International students

Whitsunday Anglican School is the only on-campus boarding school in the Mackay region. This allows WAS to cater to international students on campus. It is also a CRICOS verified school.[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Right Reverend Hurtle John Lewis". Monument Australia.
  2. ↑ 2016 WAS Handbook
  3. 1 2 "Whitsunday Anglican School MacKay 2019 School Fees Schedule" (PDF). The Whitsunday Anglican School. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "Academic Results". Whitsunday Anglican School.
  5. 1 2 "WAS". Schools. Australian Boarding Schools' Association. Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2007.
  6. ↑ "Whitsunday Anglican School, Beaconsfield, QLD". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority.
  7. ↑ "AHISA Schools". Queensland. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. November 2007. Archived from the original on 2 November 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2007.
  8. ↑ "JSHAA Queensland Directory of Members". Queensland Branch. Junior School Heads' Association of Australia. 2007. Archived from the original on 12 April 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2007.
  9. ↑ "Brisbane Grammar School". School Search. Independent Schools Queensland. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2007.
  10. ↑ "The Australian Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS)". cricos.education.gov.au.
  11. ↑ "History Of The School Crest". Whitsunday Anglican School.
  12. ↑ "Institution Details - Whitsunday Anglican School Limited". cricos.education.gov.au.
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