The NSW Government will deliver a new co-educational high school in Liverpool by bringing together the two existing single-sex high schools into a brand new school build, following extensive consultation with the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liverpool Boys and Girls High Schools, which are currently co-located on adjoining sites, will come together within the area\u2019s new health and education precinct, as part of the NSW Government\u2019s $3.5 billion commitment to new and upgraded schools in Western Sydney. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The brand new school will cater for up to 2000 students, with facilities including new teaching spaces and specialist facilities, a new library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Community consultation, undertaken in 2022, found support for co-educational schooling in the area, particularly among future high school parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among future parents surveyed, 56 per cent stated a preference for a co-educational high school, contrasted with 18 per cent who said they would prefer a single-sex school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new co-educational school will offer an expanded range of subjects for students, with purpose-built facilities to deliver specialised pathways into health and higher education.\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In recognition of the preferences of some students and families, the co-educational schools will also provide opportunities for single-sex-focused classes and activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new school will form part of the Liverpool Health and Education Sub Precinct, in collaboration with NSW Health, TAFE NSW and the Liverpool City Council. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Planning for the new school build is underway, with concept designs to be shared in coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the schools come together, they will work with local primary schools to ensure a strong transition process from primary to high school for local students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The NSW Department of Education will update the community as the project progresses.\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deputy Premier and Minister for Education and Early Learning, Prue Car, said:\u202f<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis is a huge investment in a rapidly growing community, ensuring working families have access to a world class public education.\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe majority of families in this area expressed a preference for co-education, with the increase in student population at the school to expand the range of subjects and extra-curricular activities available for students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor the new high school to be part of the new health and education precinct is exciting, offering more learning and career opportunities for students in the area.\u201d\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n Member for Liverpool Charishma Kaliyanda said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOne of my goals as the local member has been to create pathways for our young people\u2019s futures right here in Liverpool. Today\u2019s announcement is a significant step in realising that vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe consolidation of Liverpool Boys and Girls into a single, brand-new co-educational campus is an essential milestone in creating a \u2018cradle-to-PhD\u2019 education precinct in the Liverpool CBD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLiverpool\u2019s population surge has caused us to assess the suitability of our existing local schools. This redevelopment is about creating state-of-the-art secondary schooling for our modern city.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The NSW Government will deliver a new co-educational high school in Liverpool by bringing together the two existing single-sex high schools into a brand new school build, following extensive consultation with the community. Liverpool Boys and Girls High Schools, which are currently co-located on adjoining sites, will come together within the area\u2019s new health and … Continue reading “Major upgrade to bring Liverpool Boys and Girls High Schools together into new co-educational school”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25548,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25547\/revisions\/25548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}