Castle Hill Public School is a public co-educational primary school located in the Sydney suburb of Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia. It is administered by the New South Wales Department of Education, with an enrolment of 1,095 students and a teaching staff of 52, as of 2023. The school serves students from Kindergarten to Year 6.
It was established in 1879 and opened in July 1880. The original school building is listed on the New South Wales Heritage Register.
History The school's origins are from 12 July 1880 when St Paul's Denominational School was closed, and the 64 students marched 800 metres to the new school site. The original Gothic school building and vested residence was designed by George Allen Mansfield and built by George Coates & Son in 1878. This building, still standing, and is today subject to a heritage conservation order.
Lessons commenced on 12 July 1880. At the time, Castle Hill was a rural community and the original building comprising a single classroom and a teacher residence provided for 64 students.
The school continued to grow in numbers and by the early 1980s was the largest public school in the New South Wales with over 1000 students. As the school and its community grew, additional land was acquired and buildings added.
In the late 1980s, 1,600 students were enrolled but with the building of other schools nearby, the student population has settled at around 800.
On 18 October 1998, the school moved to a new site, that was a former University of Sydney research centre, with the former school ground sold to Queensland Investment Corp for the expansion of Castle Towers shopping centre. The school continues on this new site. Building started mid-1997 and the new Castle Hill Public School was completed in October 1998.
Principals John Ussher 1 July 1880 John J. Carolan 10 February 1888 Robert S. McCormick 21 December 1894 Thomas E. Cambourn 19 March 1902 William H. Johnston 28 February 1910 Henry R. Anstey 14 May 1919 Robert M. Ross 27 March 1930 Arthur E. Cattell 5 December 1939 Edward J. Stanley 4 December 1942 George Redmond 30 January 1950 William N. Walker 1 February 1955 Hilton O. Bloomfield 30 January 1962 John G. Gallagher 28 January 1969 Leslie J. N. Shore 27 January 1976 Peter Shuttleworth 21 April 1992 Bryan Mullan 27 January 1998 Steve Connelly 21 January 2013 Craig Oliver 2015–present
See also
Education in New South Wales List of schools in Greater Western Sydney
References
Further reading
— via State Library of New South Wales — via State Library of New South Wales
External links
School Website