Your voice matters….
The NSW Department of Education is consulting with the Northern Beaches school community to hear our views relating to high school enrolment decision-making and aims to collect feedback on a range of proposals for future arrangements for co-educational offerings.
This consultation will help the department to determine the most appropriate way to meet the State Government’s commitment to ensure every child has guaranteed access to a co-educational high school.
In addition to initial conversations held with members of Parents & Citizens Associations in Term 2, we would like to encourage participation with your members during an in-person or online workshop.
These conversations will also be facilitated by experts within the NSW Department of Education to hear your views on the current single sex and co-educational offerings and possible suggestions for future co-educational offerings.
Please refer to commonly asked questions and answers available on the department’s Consultation for co-educational offerings page for more information.
A map of the current intake areas for the high schools listed is also available.
Consultation details
During the consultation with P&C groups, feedback will be sought on a number of proposals. These are listed below (in no particular order):
Proposal A: NBSC Freshwater Senior Campus would move from a Year 11-12 Senior campus to a Year 7-12 Campus.
Proposal B: NBSC Manly Campus would offer non-selective enrolment in Years 7-9 for students from a new local intake area, with the current arrangement that adds additional selective students in older grades to cease. Non-selective students would move to NBSC Freshwater Senior Campus for Years 10-12.
Proposal C: Intake area adjustments for NBSC Cromer Campus and The Forest High School, to expand their intake areas to all homes without a guaranteed co-educational option.
Proposal D: NBSC Mackellar Girls Campus and NBSC Balgowlah Boys Campus would become co-educational Year 7-12 campuses.
High school P&C member:
In-person consultation – Register here
Date and time: Monday 26 August 6pm-7.30pm
Location: Northern Beaches Secondary College, Manly Campus school hall – walking entry via Gate 6 on Harbord Street. Parking is available at Denzil Joyce Car Park, Abbott Road.
Online consultation session – Register here
Date and time: Monday 19 August 6pm-7.30pm
If you have any questions, please email NorthernBeachesConsultation@det.nsw.edu.au.
