Newington College | |
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Location | |
Stanmore and Lindfield, New South Wales Australia |
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Coordinates | 33°51′30″N 36°29′20″E / 33.85833°N 36.48889°ECoordinates: 33°51′30″N 36°29′20″E / 33.85833°N 36.48889°E |
Information | |
Type | Independent, Day & Boarding |
Motto |
Latin: In Fide Scientiam (To Faith Add Knowledge) |
Denomination | Uniting Church |
Established | 1863 |
Chairman | Tony McDonald |
Headmaster | Dr David Mulford |
Staff | ~146 |
Years | K–12 |
Gender | Boys |
Enrolment | ~1,670 |
Campus type | 3 campuses; Suburban |
Colour(s) | Black and White |
Slogan | Discover what's possible |
Athletics | AAGPS |
Affiliations | JSHAA |
Website | newington.nsw.edu.au |
Newington College is an independent, Uniting Church, day and boarding school for boys located in Stanmore, an inner-western suburb of Sydney, Australia. Established in 1863 at Newington House, Silverwater, it celebrated its Sesquicentenary in 2013. The college is open to boys of all faiths and denominations. Since 1922, Newington has been governed by an Act of Parliament.
Newington has two preparatory schools, Wyvern House, in Cambridge Street, Stanmore, and a school at Lindfield, on Sydney's Upper North Shore. Newington currently caters for approximately 1,800 students from Kindergarten to Year 12.Edmund Webb House, the school's Year 7 to 12 boarding facility, is in Cambridge Street, Stanmore. The Robert Glasson Memorial Boat Shed is on the Parramatta River at Abbbotsford and contains a boarding facility for thirty boys.
The school is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association, and a founding member of the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (AAGPS).