Redlands, Cremorne

{{independent sources|date=January 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2015}} {{Infobox school | name = Redlands | former_names = {{bulleted list|College for Girls {{small|(1884–1911)}}|Redlands {{small|(1911–1945)}}|Sydney Church of England Girls Grammar School, Redlands / SCEGGS Redlands {{small|(1945–1977)}}|Sydney Church of England Co-educational Grammar School, Redlands / SCECGS Redlands {{small|(1978–2006)}}|Redlands {{small|(2006–present)}}}} | logo = SCECGSRedlands.jpg | image = (1)Redlands Adams Centre.jpg | caption = Redlands, Adams Centre, pictured in 2012 | motto = {{langx|la|Luceat Lux Vestra}} | motto_translation = Let Your Light Shine | established = {{start date and age|1884|07|14}} | type = [[Independent school|Independent]] | denomination = Anglican | affiliations = {{bulleted list|[[Independent Schools Association (Australia)|Independent Schools Association]]|[[Junior School Heads Association of Australia]]|Association of Independent Schools NSW|Council of International Schools}} | educational_authority = [[Department of Education (New South Wales)|New South Wales Department of Education]] | slogan = | alumni = The Redlanders | principal = Sean Corcoran<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.redlands.nsw.edu.au/meet-our-principals-1/ |accessdate=2023-10-31 |title=Meet Our Principals |website=redlands.nsw.edu.au}}</ref> | chairperson = Glenn Wightwick<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.redlands.nsw.edu.au/about/governance-and-leadership/ |title=Governance |accessdate=2023-10-31 |website=redlands.nsw.edu.au}}</ref> | location = [[Cremorne, New South Wales]] | country = Australia | coordinates = {{Coord|33|49|48|S|151|13|29|E|display=inline,title|type:edu_region:AU-NSW}} | module = | enrolment = 1,765<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.redlands.nsw.edu.au/enrol/faqs/ |title=FAQ |accessdate=2023-10-31 |website=redlands.nsw.edu.au}}</ref> | enrolment_as_of = 2023 | grades = [[Pre-school education|Early learning]] and [[K–12 (education)|K–12]] | grades_label = Years | teaching_staff = 184 (2022)<ref name="AnnualReport2022">{{Cite web |title=Redlands Annual Report 2022. |url=https://online.pubhtml5.com/fxzl/ifqk/ |access-date=2023-10-29 |website=online.pubhtml5.com}}</ref> | colours = Blue and gold {{color box|#000080}}{{color box|#FFD700}} | website = {{URL|www.redlands.nsw.edu.au}} | campus = {{bulleted list|[[A8 (Sydney)|Military Road]] {{small|(Secondary school)}}|Murdoch Street {{small|(Early learning and primary school)}}|[[Jindabyne]] {{small|([[Outdoor education]])}}}} | campus_type = [[Suburban area|Suburban]] | test_name = {{bulleted list|[[International Baccalaureate]]|[[Higher School Certificate (New South Wales)|NSW Higher School Certificate]]}} }}

'''Redlands''', '''Sydney Church of England Co-educational Grammar School''', is a multi-campus [[Independent school|independent]] co-educational [[Pre-school education|early learning]], [[Primary school|primary]], and [[Secondary school|secondary]] day [[Anglican]] school located in [[Cremorne, New South Wales|Cremorne]] on the [[North Shore (Sydney)|Lower North Shore]] of [[Sydney]], New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1884, the non-selective school caters to approximately 1,700 students, from early learning and on to [[kindergarten]] to [[Year 12]].

Redlands is a member of the Association of Independent Schools NSW, the [[Independent Schools Association (Australia)|Independent Schools Association]], the [[Junior School Heads Association of Australia]], and the Council of International Schools.

== History == [[File:Redlands 1916.jpg|thumb|left|Redlands House {{circa|1916}}]]

Established in 1884 as the College for Girls in [[Milsons Point]] with five students, the school was originally run by Elizabeth Liggins and Clara Arnold as a single-sex boarding school. In 1899 the school moved to Cremorne under the name College for Girls, Redlands.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-06-13 |title=Our History - Redlands School |url=https://www.redlands.nsw.edu.au/about/our-history/ |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=redlands.nsw.edu.au |language=en-AU}}</ref>

The school was then purchased by [[Gertrude Amy Roseby]] and her sister Mabel in 1911 who ran the school until 1945.<ref>{{Cite web|title=1911–1945 – Redlands|url=https://www.redlands.nsw.edu.au/about/our-history/1911-1945/|access-date=2021-02-22|website=Redlands}}</ref> In 1942, the school discontinued boarding.

Redlands later established an association with the [[Anglican Diocese of Sydney]] and became the Sydney Church of England Girls Grammar School, Redlands, in 1945, abbreviated as SCEGGS. The school severed legal ties with the Anglican Diocese in 1976, the same year in which it incorporated as SCEGGS (later SCECGS) Redlands. Whilst being reconstituted as an independent school, it retained the Church of England title in its name, which was also true for SCEGGS' other branch schools: [[SCEGGS Darlinghurst]], SCEGGS Wollongong, SCEGGS Loquat Valley and SCEGGS Moss Vale.

In 1978, Redlands became coeducational, changing its title to Sydney Church of England Co-educational Grammar School, Redlands, or abbreviated as SCECGS Redlands.<ref name=":0" />

Since the collapse of the [[Sydney Anglican]] SCEGGS schools, Redlands has been independently owned and operated by SCECGS Redlands Limited, a public company limited by guarantee. The school's board, whose current chairperson is Glenn Wightwick, appoints the school principal, monitors performance, manages the school's strategic vision and its resources.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-13 |title=Governance - Redlands School |url=https://www.redlands.nsw.edu.au/about/governance-and-leadership/ |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=redlands.nsw.edu.au |language=en-AU}}</ref>

Planned for a 20-year time span beginning in 2029, Redlands is planning a significant redevelopment of its current facilities called the ''Master Plan''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-24 |title=Redlands Master Plan |url=https://www.redlands.nsw.edu.au/about/master-plan/ |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=redlands.nsw.edu.au |language=en-AU}}</ref>

=== Principals === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Ordinal !Officeholder !Term start !Term end !Time in office !Notes |- | align="center" |{{nts|1}} |Elizabeth Liggins & Clara Arnold | align="center" |1884 | align="center" |1911 | align="right" |{{age in years|1884|1911}} years | rowspan="12" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-09 |title=Meet Our Principals - Updated - Redlands School |url=https://www.redlands.nsw.edu.au/meet-our-principals-1/ |access-date=2023-10-29 |website=redlands.nsw.edu.au |language=en-AU}}</ref> |- | align="center" |{{nts|2}} |Gertrude Amy Roseby | align="center" |1911 | align="center" |1945 | align="right" |{{age in years|1911|1945}} years |- | align="center" |{{nts|3}} |Isobel Humphery | align="center" |1946 | align="center" |1973 | align="right" |{{age in years|1946|1973}} years |- | align="center" |{{nts|4}} |Helen Foote | align="center" |1974 | align="center" |1978 | align="right" |{{age in years|2002|2006}} years |- | align="center" |{{nts|5}} |Rod Wells | align="center" |1979 | align="center" |1980 | align="right" | 1 year |- | align="center" |{{nts|6}} |Enid Lakeman (Acting) | align="center" |1980 | align="center" |1980 | align="right" | 1 year |- | align="center" |7 |Peter Cornish | align="center" |1981 | align="center" |2002 | align="right" |{{age in years|1981|2002}} years |- | align="center" |8 |Christopher Daunt Watney | align="center" |2002 | align="center" |2006 | align="right" |{{age in years|2002|2006}} years |- | align="center" |9 |Neil Tucker (Interim) | align="center" |2007 | align="center" |2007 | align="right" |{{age in years|2007|2008}} years |- | align="center" |10 |Peter Lennox | align="center" |2008 | align="center" |2019 | align="right" |{{age in years|2008|2019}} years |- | align="center" |11 |Stephen Webber | align="center" |2020 | align="center" |2022 | align="right" |{{age in years|2020|2022}} years |- | align="center" |12 |Sean Corcoran | align="center" |2023 | colspan="2" align="center" |''Incumbent'' |}

== Motto ==

The [[Latin]] school motto of Redlands, ''Luceat lux vestra'', is taken from [[Matthew 5]], and translates to "Let your light shine". It appears in the school song which was shared with the other SCEGGS schools:

: Students of Redlands School, those old and new : Gathered or parted, all the world through : Still to the motto that binds us keep true: : Luceat Lux Vestra.

== Academics == Redlands offers the [[International Baccalaureate]] as well as the New South Wales [[Higher School Certificate (New South Wales)|Higher School Certificate]]. Redlands has offered the International Baccalaureate since 1988, longer than any other school in NSW.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-13 |title=HSC & International Baccalaureate |url=https://www.redlands.nsw.edu.au/learning/hsc-and-ib/#:~:text=Redlands%20has%20offered%20the%20International,a%20well-rounded%20global%20education. |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=redlands.nsw.edu.au |language=en-AU}}</ref>

A large number of students choose the International Baccalaureate each year, with 92 out of 168 students choosing the curriculum in 2024. In 2024 seven students received an ATAR of over 99.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-19 |title=2024 Redlands Academic Results - Redlands School |url=https://www.redlands.nsw.edu.au/news/2024-redlands-academic-results/ |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=redlands.nsw.edu.au |language=en-AU}}</ref>

Six languages are taught at Redlands: French, Spanish, Latin, Mandarin and Japanese.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-13 |title=FAQs - Redlands School |url=https://www.redlands.nsw.edu.au/enrol/faqs/ |access-date=2023-10-29 |website=redlands.nsw.edu.au |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Redlands |url=https://www.ibo.org/en/school/000505 |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=International Baccalaureate® |language=en}}</ref>

==Campus facilities== Redlands occupies two campuses in Sydney: the Senior School campus, which houses students from Years 7 to 12 and the Junior School campus, which houses students from preschool to Year 6. In addition the school operates the High Country Campus in [[Jindabyne]].

=== Senior School === The Senior School is located on Military Road, Cremorne.

Peter J. Cornish, school principal from 1981 to 2002, created an association with the immediately adjacent Anglican parish of St Peter's, Cremorne.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}} The school continues use of the parish church as the Secondary School chapel where school church services are regularly held.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-23 |title=Spirituality - Redlands School |url=https://www.redlands.nsw.edu.au/learning/spirituality/ |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=redlands.nsw.edu.au |language=en-AU}}</ref>

The Roseby Building serves as the science block, originally named the Wyndham building, and was refurbished in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-13 |title=Our History - Redlands School |url=https://www.redlands.nsw.edu.au/about/our-history/ |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=redlands.nsw.edu.au |language=en-AU}}</ref>

In 2010, the school completed the Redlands Fitness Centre.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}} In 2010–11, a major development{{Which|date=January 2025}} was undertaken on the Murdoch Street Campus as part of the Federal government BER program.

In 2016, the school commenced a 20-year, $114 million redevelopment of the Senior Campus, with the central building being a four-story tall Learning Hub.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bosworth |first=Tony |date=2016-05-13 |title=$40m revamp planned for Redlands school at Cremorne has neighbours concerned about privacy, traffic |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/north-shore/40m-revamp-planned-for-redlands-school-at-cremorne-has-neighbours-concerned-about-privacy-traffic/news-story/757ca8c191ac25dab6036ae37128c6bc |access-date=2023-12-27}}</ref>

=== Junior School === The Junior School campus includes the former [[Cremorne Girls High School]] site on Murdoch Street, which it purchased from the [[Government of New South Wales]] in 1989. This site houses the Preschool, Preparatory and Junior School students. Preparatory students have their classrooms in the Margaret Roberts Building, while Junior Students have classes in the Parks and Peter Cornish Buildings.Along with this, Redlands House Preschool has its own area in the southern area of the school, connected to the Robert Dunnet Hall, the sports and assembly hall. Transition Gold or Pre-Kindi is a program for kids enrolled in preschool a year young and it’s located in the Peter Cornish Building.

The 1960s three-storey building{{Which|date=January 2025}} was demolished to make way for the new home for the Margaret Roberts Preparatory School (K–2) and an all purpose sports and assembly hall. A playground, oval and courts were built.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

In 2024, Redlands announced a new System where the Junior School was from preschool-year 6. In 2025 when this started, Mr Micheal Quatch replaced the then head of prep school Ainslie Breckanridge and acting Junior School head, Ian Holden as their roles merged.

=== High Country Campus === Redlands also owns a separate campus in Jindabyne.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-12 |title=Redlands School - High Country Campus |url=https://www.redlands.nsw.edu.au/our-school/high-country-campus/ |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=redlands.nsw.edu.au |language=en-AU}}</ref>

== House system == Redlands has four [[House system|houses]]; Cowper, McDouall, Roseby and Dumolo, denoted by a badge worn on the school's blazer. Each is named after a notable family or person linked with the school's history.

School pride amongst students is most prominent at the school's yearly Swimming Carnival, Cross Country Carnival, Athletics Carnival and performing arts night – Gala Arts.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}} {| class="wikitable" !House !Colour !Year Founded |- |Cowper |{{Color box|#6A9DCD}} {{Color box|#FEE103}} |1947 |- |McDouall |{{Color box|#047A60}} {{Color box|#FFFFFF}} |1947 |- |Roseby |{{Color box|#EC1D34}} {{Color box|#FFFFFF}} |1947 |- |Dumolo |{{Color box|#9D0431}} {{Color box|#019CB5}} |1966 |}

== Extracurricular activities == {{Expand section|date=January 2025}}

=== Sport === Redlands is a member of the [[Independent Schools Association (Australia)|Independent Schools Association]] (ISA),<ref>{{Cite web |title=School Finder |url=https://www.aisnsw.edu.au/finding-a-nsw-independent-school |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=aisnsw.edu.au}}</ref> also competing against the [[Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales]] (AAGPS) in some sports.

The school offers both representative and non-representative sports, with students being required to compete in one representative sport a year. Summer sports include [[basketball]], [[swimming (sport)|swimming]], [[tennis]], [[Touch (sport)|touch football]], [[indoor hockey]], [[Rowing (sport)|rowing]], and [[sailing]]. Winter sports include [[Australian rules football|AFL]], [[Track and field athletics|athletics]], [[Cross country running|cross country]], [[association football|soccer]], [[field hockey|hockey]], [[netball]], [[Rugby football|rugby]], [[snowsports]], [[tennis]], and [[water polo]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-26 |title=Sport - Redlands School |url=https://www.redlands.nsw.edu.au/learning/sport/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=redlands.nsw.edu.au |language=en-AU}}</ref>

The school's rowing program is situated at [[Mosman Rowing Club]], Pearl Bay for on water training, after an arson attack destroyed the shed at [[Tambourine Bay]] in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/national/school-row-boats-destroyed-in-arson-attack/2006/09/29/1159337342880.html|title=School row boats destroyed in arson attack|date=30 September 2006}}</ref>

Each year at its High Country Campus in Jindabyne, Redlands hosts Winter School, a nine-week long residential program where students combine skiing and snowboarding with schoolwork.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-13 |title=Redlands Winter School |url=https://www.redlands.nsw.edu.au/learning/winter-school/ |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=redlands.nsw.edu.au |language=en-AU}}</ref>

==Redlands Art Prize==  The school has hosted the Redlands Art Prize since 1996. Since 2013 ({{as of|lc=yes|2021}}) it has been named the '''Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize''' and sponsored by [[Konica Minolta]]. It was formerly called the '''Redlands Westpac Art Prize''', named after its then sponsor, [[Westpac]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize| website=Redlands School | date=2013 | url=http://www.redlands.nsw.edu.au/go/redlands-community/redlands-westpac-art-prize | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819214842/http://www.redlands.nsw.edu.au/go/redlands-community/redlands-westpac-art-prize | archive-date=19 August 2012| url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Redlands Westpac Art Prize| website=Redlands School | date=6 October 2008 | url=http://www.redlands.nsw.edu.au/go/redlands-community/redlands-westpac-art-prize | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006225415/http://www.redlands.nsw.edu.au/go/redlands-community/redlands-westpac-art-prize | archive-date=6 October 2008 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize | website=Redlands | url=http://www.redlands.nsw.edu.au/redlandsartprize/ | access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref>

From 2012 it has been presented at the [[National Art School]] in [[Darlinghurst]], after 15 years of being presented by the school, and then by Mosman Gallery.<ref>{{ cite web| url=https://emmalindsayartist.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/redlands-westpac-2012_nas_rwap_catalogue_print.pdf| website= Emma Lindsay| title =Redlands Westpac Art Prize: 3 May – 2 August 2012: National Art School Gallery| date=2012| access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref> The prize was worth {{AUD|25,000}} in 2017.<ref name="Broadsheet">{{cite web | title=Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize|first=Celia |last=Mortlock | website=Broadsheet|date=May 2017 | url=https://www.broadsheet.com.au/sydney/event/redlands-konica-minolta-art-prize | access-date=24 February 2020|quote=The Konica Minolta Art Prize returns for its 17th year at the National Art School this month}}</ref> As an acquisitive prize, the substantial collection is displayed at the school.<ref name="prizehist">{{cite web | title=History | website=Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize | url=http://www.redlands.nsw.edu.au/redlandsartprize/about/history/ | access-date=21 March 2020}}</ref> Past winners have included [[Imants Tillers]], [[Pat Brassington]], [[Callum Morton]], [[Julie Gough]], [[Vernon Ah Kee]], [[Ben Quilty]], [[Lindy Lee]], [[Fiona Foley]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize | website=The Golden Mean | date=6 March 2018 | url=https://thegoldenmeanagency.com/redlands-konica-minolta-art-prize/ | access-date=24 February 2020}}</ref> and [[Tom Polo]] (2014).<ref name=benton>{{cite web | last=Benton | first=Penelope | title=Tom Polo | website=[[National Association for the Visual Arts]] | date=16 November 2017 | url=https://visualarts.net.au/artist-files/2017/tom-polo/ | access-date=14 April 2022}}</ref>

==Notable alumni== {{alumni|date=May 2019}} *[[Elizabeth Allen (poet)|Elizabeth Allen]]{{spaced endash}} poet *[[Rachael Beck]]{{spaced endash}}musical theatre (''[[Singin' in the Rain (musical)|Singin' in the Rain]]'', ''[[The Sound of Music]]'') and television star (''[[Hey Dad..!]]'', ''[[It Takes Two (Australian TV series)|It Takes Two]]'') *[[Gergaynia Beckett]]{{spaced endash}}Olympic swimmer *[[Charlotte Best]]{{spaced endash}}actress and model *[[Eleanor Dark]]{{spaced endash}}author, Australian Literature Society Gold Medal for literature *[[Amy Dickson]]{{spaced endash}}Grammy nominated classical saxophonist *[[Sophie Falkiner]]{{spaced endash}}television presenter *[[Nick Fisher (skier)|Nick Fisher]]{{Spaced en dash}}Olympic freestyle skier *[[Karyn Gojnich]]{{spaced endash}}Olympic sailor *[[Thistle Yolette Harris]]{{spaced endash}}botanist, educator, author and conservationist *[[Janusz Hooker]]{{spaced endash}}businessman and Olympic bronze medalist *[[Diana Horvath]] {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}}{{Spaced en dash}}doctor and medical administrator *[[Anna Lunoe]]{{Spaced en dash}}DJ, vocalist, songwriter and producer *[[Lachlan MacKay|Lachlan Mackay]]{{Spaced en dash}} rugby union player *[[Helen Murrell]] {{post-nominals|country=AUS|SC}}{{Spaced en dash}}Chief Justice of the ACT Supreme Court *[[Ellice Nosworthy]]{{spaced endash}}architect *[[Dave Porecki|David Porecki]]{{spaced endash}}rugby union player *[[Alison Rehfisch]]{{spaced endash}}painter *[[Victoria Roberts (rower)|Victoria Roberts]]{{spaced endash}}Olympic rower, three-time world champion *[[Kathryn Robinson (journalist)|Kathryn Robinson]]{{Spaced en dash}}journalist, television and radio presenter *[[Catriona Rowntree]]{{spaced endash}}television presenter on Channel Nine's [[Getaway (TV series)|Getaway]] program *[[Ruel (singer)|Ruel]]{{spaced endash}}singer *[[James Talbot (rower)|James Talbot]]{{spaced endash}}Paralympic rower *[[Christian Wilkins (model)|Christian Wilkins]]{{Spaced en dash}}model and actor<ref>{{Cite web|title=Redlands – Notable Alumni|url=https://www.redlands.nsw.edu.au/community/our-alumni/notable-alumni/|access-date=2020-08-05|website=Redlands}}</ref>

==See also== {{stack|{{Portal|Schools|Christianity}}}}

* [[:Category:International Baccalaureate schools in Australia|List of International Baccalaureate schools in Australia]] * [[List of non-government schools in New South Wales]] *[[50th Redlands International Cadet Australian Championship]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{Official website|https://www.redlands.nsw.edu.au/}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20051229174118/http://www.crikey.com.au/articles/2002/04/28-alumni.html Crikey Alumni List]

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