Ryde Secondary College

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Ryde Secondary College

Leadership, Respect, Co-operation and Responsibility
Established	1965
School type	Public selective
Principal/ Headmaster	John Hughes
Location	Sydney, NSW, Australia
Campus	Urban (Ryde)
Enrolment	Approx. 860
School colours	Maroon, Navy, Light Blue and White
Homepage	http://www.rsc.nsw.edu.au/

Ryde Secondary College is a co-educational public high school in Ryde, Sydney, Australia. It is a partial selective school with unique features. Ryde Secondary College is one of the few schools in New South Wales which takes enrolments for selective students, mainstream students as well as those who need special education (support unit students). Since 2002, the school has undergone major renovation and transformation, with a heavy emphasis on incorporating Information Technology as part of their curricular structure.

[edit] History

The school opened in 1965, originally named as Malvina High School due to the school's location in Malvina Street. It has always operated as a co-ed school, but for most of its history as a mainstream secondary school. The Support Unit was introduced in 1999, after the closure of Peter Board High School at North Ryde, where the Unit had previously been. In 2001 it was announced that Malvina High School would receive a six million dollar upgrade, under the [Government of New South Wales|New South Wales Government]'s controversial "Building The Future" plan. From 2002 the school was renamed Ryde Secondary College, to properly identify the school to its suburb locality. The school also took on a selective stream students from 2002.

Ryde Secondary College has taken on new Information Technology infrastructure which will be linked to Macquarie University. As well as new refurbishments take place, a new building has been constructed to facilitate a new IT lab and an impressive audio visual theatre. Ryde Secondary College also has an outstanding performance record in grade sports against other competing schools in the area, and has maintained the title of zone champion for swimming and athletics.

It is only one of three surviving co-ed secondary schools in the Ryde/Hunters Hill district, along with Marsden High School at West Ryde and Hunters Hill High School. Local schools such as Ryde High School and Peter Board High School have closed due to declining student numbers, with the gradual increase in popularity of local single-sex and private secondary schools. Since 2002, Ryde Secondary College has seen a healthy increase to student numbers, and today has approximately 860 students.

[edit] Key Moments Since Re-establishment

2001

The name change from Malvina High School to Ryde Secondary College under the NSW Government's "Building the Future Plan". This also saw a change in logo, and a change in uniform. Also became a partially selective high school.