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Currambena School is an independent primary and preschool in Lane Cove, New South Wales.
Currambena School | |
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Location | |
Australia | |
Coordinates | 33°49′15.80″S 151°10′13.01″E |
Information | |
Established | 1969[1] |
Grades | P–6 |
Enrolment | 93[2] (2006) |
Campus type | Suburban |
The school was established in 1969, when the then Woodley Preparatory School was purchased by the founders.[1] It was one of a number of alternative schools that pioneered the application in Australia of the ideas of progressive educationalist A. S. Neill.[3]
The school commenced with 116 students in January 1970: 72 in the preschool and 44 in the primary. The school expanded to include a second adjacent building in 1971.[1] In 2003 the school had 71 students;[4] in 2004 this had grown to 88 students[5] in 2006 the school had 93 students.[2] The Commonwealth government uses a measure of socio-economic status of independent schools to help determine their funding; Currambena has scored highly on this scale (meaning its students live in high socio-economic status locations).[4]
As an alternative school, Currambena experienced external pressures from increasing standardisation of curricula,[6] and from reforms to student assessment.[5] Representatives of the school were prominent in criticising developments in education policy such as the introduction of national standardised tests.[2][7]
The school is administered by a council comprising six parents and three teachers; it has no school principal.[8] The board is democratic and responsible for curriculum, facilities and employment decisions.[2] The original articles of association stipulated a maximum class size of 25; this was subsequently reduced to 22,[9] with classes split into three age groups.[10]
The school emphasises creativity and flexibility in responding to the needs of individual children.[2][9][11]
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