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Northcote High School
Northcote High School main building in 2012
Address
Map
19–25 St. Georges Road

Northcote
,
Victoria
,
3070

Australia
Coordinates37°46′26″S 144°59′22″E / 37.77389°S 144.98944°E / -37.77389; 144.98944
Information
TypePublic, co-educational, secondary, day school
MottoTemplate:Lang-la
(Let us follow the better path)
Established1926
PrincipalChris Jones[1]
Grades7–12
Enrolment1,849[2]
HousesMerri,  Plenty,  Cooper,  Sumner  
Colour(s)Green, purple & gold    
YearbookRipples
Websitenhs.vic.edu.au

Northcote High School is a co-educational, state secondary school in Northcote, Victoria, Australia. It is situated at the southern end of the City of Darebin, on St Georges Road, Northcote.

The school teaches from Years 7 to 12 and has a current population of 1,849 students.[2] Northcote High has a large music and science program, and has been recognised as a significant leader in the use of learning technologies in the classroom.[3]

History

Northcote High School was established in 1926 as a co-educational secondary school, one of the first six to be established in Melbourne by the Victorian Government. The school owes its establishment largely to agitation led by John Cain (senior), Northcote City Councillor and later Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Jika Jika, with support from the headmasters of nearby Northcote (Helen Street) Primary School and Wales Street Primary School. Cain's repeated efforts to establish a school to provide secondary education for the then predominantly working class suburb of Northcote were finally successful, despite an environment of opposition from conservative politicians and independent principals.

Although Northcote High School was established as a co-educational school, it became a boys' school after 1928 when Preston Girls High School was established. Martin Hansen, the then Chief Inspector of Secondary Education, was convinced high schools should be segregated by gender after a tour of schools in the US and UK.[4] In the 1980s Northcote High School again began to enrol girls in response to community pressure, officially moving to co-education in 1989. In 2018 there were approximately 920 boys and 829 girls enrolled.[5]

Northcote High School first offered a limited Maths and Science Matriculation (final year certificate) in 1946.[4] Principal Alex Sutherland expanded Matriculation in the 1950s to include most subjects on the curriculum. The school continues this tradition today with a very broad range of Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) subjects on offer, including a relatively wide range of humanities subjects.

Northcote High School celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2016.

Principals

The following individuals have served as principal of Northcote High School:

Ordinal Officeholder Term began Term ended Time in office Notes
1 J. S. Kitson 1926 1927 0–1 years
2 F. W. Johnson 1927 1941 13–14 years
3 W. J. Bishop 1942 1946 3–4 years
4 L. B. Garson 1947 1948 0–1 years
5 H. J. Moody 1949 1951 1–2 years
6 A. Sutherland 1952 1959 6–7 years
7 J. D. McGregor 1960 1969 8–9 years
8 A. D. Perry 1969 1969 0 year
9 S. A. Seabrook 1970 1974 3–4 years
10 K. Yon 1975 1980 4–5 years
11 E. R. Nelson 1980 1985 4–5 years
12 G. L. Israel 1985 2004 18–19 years
13 Gail Davidson 2004 2009 4–5 years
14 Kate Morris 2009 2017 7–8 years
15 Susan Harrap 2018 2021 2–3 years
16 Chris Jones 2022 incumbent 1–2 years

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Northcote High School has a long tradition of developing ties with schools overseas. In the 1930s students at Northcote High School corresponded with a school in Poland, and in the early 1950s the school began the practice of enrolling and hosting students from overseas, partly under the auspices of the Colombo plan.[4] In 1999, a sister school agreement was made with Huaibei Number One High School in Anhui province, China and a second with Tienjin – Binhai Foreign Languages School in 2016. Regular exchanges are conducted with these schools. There is also a reciprocal exchange agreement with a school in France.

In 2015 Northcote High School had one of the state's largest International student programs (ISP) with more than 80 students from all five continents studying in the post-compulsory Years 10–12.[4] In 2017, the school became the first government school to deliver the VCE offshore, in partnership with Chinese schools. In 2018, the school was awarded the Department of Education's first award for Excellence in Global Learning.[7]

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ^ Northcote High School Newsletter, Issue 3, 8 March 2022, P2
  2. ^ a b "School profile | My School". myschool.edu.au.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Israel, Gary; Bereson, Itiel; Bridges, Robert; Gallagher, Hector (2010). The Green, The Purple and the Gold. A History of Northcote High School. Northcote, Victoria, Australia: Northcote High School. ISBN 978-0-646-54341-3.[self-published source?]
  4. ^ a b c d Andrews, John; Towns, Deborah (2017). A Secondary Education for All? A History of State Secondary Schooling in Victoria. North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Australian Scholarly Publishing. ISBN 978-1-925588-49-1.
  5. ^ "Northcote High School". Australian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (ACARA). Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Northcote High School, Principal's Welcome". Northcote High School. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Awards celebrate international student achievement and teaching excellence". Victorian State Government (Department of Education and Training). Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h Olga Galacho (15 March 2012). "Northcote High shuns ties to Collingwood players who were former students". The Herald-Sun. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  9. ^ Ferrier, Noel (1985). There goes whatsisname; The memoirs of Noel Ferrier. MacMillan. ISBN 0-333-40121-2.
  10. ^ "Northcote High School Newsletter - Issue 1".
  11. ^ Member for Brindabella, Brendan Smyth (17 June 2008). "Obituary for Trevor Kaine, Legislative Assembly for the ACT" (PDF). Government of the Australian Capital Territory (Hansard). Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  12. ^ Melb PC Personality Profile: Colin Lovitt (accessed:17-08-2007)
  13. ^ "Northcote High School Newsletter Number 6, 2016". https://www.nhs.vic.edu.au/. Northcote High School. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2023. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)

Further reading

  • Israel, Gary; Bereson, Itiel; Bridges, Robert; Gallagher, Hector (2010). The Green, The Purple and the Gold. A History of Northcote High School. Northcote, Victoria, Australia: Northcote High School. ISBN 978-0-646-54341-3.[self-published source?]
  • Andrews, John; Towns, Deborah (2017). A Secondary Education for All? A History of State Secondary Schooling in Victoria. North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Australian Scholarly Publishing. ISBN 978-1-925588-49-1.
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