| Redeemer Baptist School | |
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| Location | |
| North Parramatta, NSW, Australia | |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent |
| Motto | To hear is to obey |
| Established | 1981 |
| Founder | Redeemer Baptist Church |
| Principal | Mr. Jonathan Cannon |
| Grades | K–12 |
| Enrolment | 500 |
| Campus | 9 hectares |
| Colour(s) | Navy and White |
| Affiliations | Redeemer Baptist Church, Association of Independent Schools |
| Website | www.redeemer.nsw.edu.au |
Redeemer Baptist School, commonly known as Redeemer, is a private coeducational school in North Parramatta, Sydney, Australia. It was founded in 1981 to serve the purpose of an educational facility for the church members; however, it later expanded to its Parramatta campus to educate both local and overseas students.
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The School has two campuses. The main campus in Parramatta specialises for the education of K-12 level students. Contrastingly, the Castle Hill campus focuses on the delivery of Vocational subjects at certificate level.
The main campus is located on 9 hectares of parklands in North Parramatta, about 30 km from the centre of Sydney. This campus is bounded by James Ruse Drive, Pennant Hills Road and Masons Drive. The main campus is situated on the heritage grounds of the old Burnside Orphanage where members of the ministry live together. On this campus K-12 students are catered for drawing on a number of state of the art facilities such as the Science and Technology Centre housing 2 science laboratories, food technology facilities, computer laboratory, woodwork facilities and a variety of classrooms. The campus boasts a reputation for its playing fields, swimming pool, music rooms, hall, and grand heritage protected buildings.
The predominant building at the Castle Hill campus is Castle Hill House, circa 1844. The Hills Regional Skills Centre is based at the Castle Hill campus and focuses on the delivery of Vocational Education courses at the certificate level. On site facilities include a professional grade kitchen used for the certificates in Hospitality and a fully featured computer laboratory to assist in the delivery of the Information Technology course. On site school owned printing presses are available which are commonly used in the publication of many school documents from school addresses from the principal and professional grade school calendars.
Within the region, Redeemer Baptist School boasts a reputation for sporting achievements. These achievements occur across many sporting disciplines from track, field, soccer and cricket.
Other sports at the school include: Cricket, Athletics, Softball, Netball and others.