Callaghan College
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Callaghan College is a large multi-campus government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in the north-western corridor of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
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Main entrance to the Waratah Technology Campus of Callaghan College | |
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North-western Newcastle, New South Wales Australia | |
Coordinates | 32°54′24″S 151°43′39″E |
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Type | Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school |
Motto | Excellence, Respect, Responsibility |
Established | 28 June 2000; 24 years ago (2000-06-28) |
School district | Callaghan; Regional North, New South Wales |
Educational authority | New South Wales Department of Education |
College Principal | Kylee Owen |
Staff | ~300 (2018[1]) |
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Enrolment | ~2,500[2][3][4] (2018) |
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Campus type | Suburban |
Slogan | Collaborating to empower learners |
Communities served | Lower Hunter Region |
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Website | callaghan-h |
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Established on 28 June 2000, the college operates across three campuses, with education for students in Year 7 to Year 10 delivered from both the Wallsend and Waratah campuses; and for students in Year 11 and Year 12 delivered from the Jesmond Senior campus. Before 2020, the Waratah campus operated as a specialist school for technology students.
In 2018, across all three campuses, the college had an enrolment of approximately 2,500 students, of whom thirteen percent identified as Indigenous Australians and thirteen percent were from a language background other than English.[2][3][4] Across all three campuses, the 2300 students are supported by approximately 300 staff.[1] The college is run and administered by the New South Wales Department of Education. The college Principal is Kylee Owen and each campus has a principal.