Barker College
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Hornsby, New South Wales Australia 
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| Coordinates | 33°42′40″S 151°6′1″E / 33.71111°S 151.10028°ECoordinates: 33°42′40″S 151°6′1″E / 33.71111°S 151.10028°E |
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| Type | Independent, Private, Day and Boarding |
| Motto |
Latin: Honor Non Honores (Seek Honour above Rewards) |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Established | 1890 by Reverend Henry Plume |
| Headmaster | Mr. Phillip Heath |
| Chaplain | Revd. Jeffrey (Jeff) Ware |
| Employees | ~204 |
| Gender |
Boys (K-9) Co-educational (10–12) 2022 will be Co-Education |
| Enrolment | ~2,898 734 [Boys] 2,164 [Girls](K-12) |
| Colour(s) | Red and Blue |
| Slogan | "Inspiring each learner, every experience, every day." |
| Website | www.barker.nsw.edu.au |
Barker College is an Independent Anglican, day and boarding school, located in Hornsby, a North Shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 1890 by the Reverend Henry Plume at Kurrajong Heights, Barker is an all-boys school from Kindergarten to Year 9, and co-educational from Years 10 to 12. The college currently caters for approximately 3000 students, including 60 boarders from Years 10 to 12.
The Council of Barker College (‘School Council’) was originally constituted by the Barker College Ordinance of 1919. In 1939, Barker College was incorporated pursuant to the provisions of the Anglican Church of Australia (Bodies Corporate) Act 1938. Therefore, though Barker College is an Anglican school, it is separately incorporated and has its own governing body.
Barker is affiliated with the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA), the Independent Schools Association (ISA), and is a founding member of the The Associated Schools (CAS).
In 1890, Rev Henry Plume took up the position of Rector at St Stephen’s Church, Kurrajong. It was here in 1890 that he tutored five local pupils for the Junior, Senior and Matriculation Examinations. Their academic success encouraged Plume to establish his own school. In 1891, Plume selected Stokesleigh, a guest house in Kurrajong Heights, as the site for this school. The name Barker College was chosen in memory of Frederic Barker, the second Bishop of Sydney whom Plume had met soon after his arrival in Australia. An outbreak of scarlet fever in 1894 convinced Plume that the School was too isolated and would be better located nearer to Sydney. Thus the School moved to its present site in Hornsby in 1896, and in 1919 its ownership transferred to the Church of England.
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