Ferryden Park Primary School

Ferryden Park Primary School was a primary school in the Adelaide inner north west suburb of Ferryden Park.

Ferryden Park Primary School
Location
Ferryden Park , South Australia Australia
Coordinates	34.8664°S 138.5635°E / -34.8664; 138.5635
Information
Type	Public school
Principal	Graeme Hambley
Colour(s)	Navy blue & gold   [1]
Slogan	Honesty Respect Responsibility Excellence
Website	www.FerrydenPS.sa.edu.au

In 1959 the student enrolment at the school peaked at 639 students, due in part to the post-war boom of the 1950s.^{[citation needed]}

Ferryden Park Primary School closed at the end of 2010. It merged with four similar schools of the area to form the new Woodville Gardens School and based at site of the old Ridley Grove Primary School.^[2] The merger occurred as part of the Education Works New Schools Project of the Department of Education and Children's Services.^[3] The school's lands were earmarked for a new housing development.^[4]

References

1. "Ferryden Park Primary School Parent Handbook" (PDF). Ferryden Park Primary School. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2011.
2. "Education Works: New Schools". Department of Education and Children's Services, Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
3. "Education Works". Department of Education and Children's Services, Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
4. Etheridge, Michelle (30 March 2011). "Infrastructure improvements needed". Weekly Times. Adelaide, South Australia: Messenger Press. p. 5.

External links

• Official site