Established in 1981, this co-educational school caters to students from Pre-Kindergarten (aged 3 years) to Year 12. It is housed in magnificent historic buildings that were once orphanages built by wealthy patrons and organised by philanthropist Sir James Burns. The School has an elevated position and extensive grounds.
Facilities: Swimming pool, excellent sporting facilities and grand assembly hall. State-of-the-art science and technology block. New multi-purpose sports court facility.
Electives Years 7 to 10: Geography, Commerce, Visual Arts, Music, Design and Technology, Food Technology, Technics, Textiles and Design, French, German.
Electives Years 11 and 12: Mathematics and English to Extension 2, History to Extension 1, General Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Ancient History, Modern History, Music, Food Technology, Geography, Economics, Visual Arts, Design and Technology, Software Design and Development.
Vocational subjects: Business Services and Information Technology (Years 10, 11 and 12); Construction and Hospitality (Years 11 and 12). Vocational education campus at Castle Hill House (The Hills Regional Skills Centre).
Sport: The School participates with distinction in a wide range of sporting events, regularly winning championships.
Extracurricular activities: Music groups, School of Music, School of Special Tuition, After School Care, study hall, athletics club, swimming club, annual camps for Year 5 to Year 12.
Welfare and personal development: The school has a strong pastoral care policy. There is a strict uniform policy. Leadership of senior students is promoted.
Special features: The school is small in numbers and, in keeping with its strong Christian emphasis, fosters a family atmosphere. The school regularly welcomes students from overseas.
A significant part of the academic life of this school is a unique and effective literacy program built around the WRAP method of instruction. The school has an enviable reputation in the teaching of Science, Technology, Mathematics and Design, its students having won numerous national and international awards. The school is located a short bus ride from Parramatta Station, Epping Station and Castle Hill. Redeemer buses operate to and from certain areas for safe and convenient travel.
From the school: Our students’ achievements in 2010 include: Grand Awards (3rd and 4th place in the world) and Teacher Award at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (USA); CSIRO Gold Crest Award; 2nd in Australia BHP Billiton Science Awards; National Schools Award for literacy in the Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards plus NSW Community Relations Commission Award, 1st Learning Assistance and Special Education Primary, and 2nd Lower Secondary; winner Sydney Symphony Orchestra Composition Challenge; elected to represent NSW in the 2011 national student constitutional convention; Powerhouse Museum Award for Design & Technology; People’s Choice on ABC New Inventors Television Program for HSC Design & Technology project; 4th place in NSW University Sun Sprint Model Solar Car Challenge; selected for University of Western Sydney Aspire Leadership program; best overall PNG student from the Bachelor of Education course at Pacific Adventist University; and NSW runner-up in junior secondary cricket Wiburd Shield.
We are committed to a Christian world view in education. We aim to create a learning environment that is thoughtful, free, sharing and respectful rather than competitive, self-serving and fearful. In 2009 a visiting educator said that Redeemer is “a model of good Christian education”.