Waverley College
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Waverley, New South Wales Australia |
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| Coordinates | 33°53′50″S 151°15′21″E / 33.89722°S 151.25583°ECoordinates: 33°53′50″S 151°15′21″E / 33.89722°S 151.25583°E |
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| Type | Independent, day school |
| Motto |
Latin: Virtus Sola Nobilitat (Virtue alone ennobles) |
| Religious affiliation(s) |
Roman Catholic in the tradition of Blessed Edmund Rice |
| Established | 1903 |
| Chairman | Sam Hardjono |
| Headmaster | Graham Leddie |
| Chaplain | Fr Martin Milani |
| Staff | ~115 (2006) |
| Years offered | 5–12 + Preschool |
| Gender | Single-sex school boys |
| Enrolment | ~1,350 (2011) |
| Colour(s) | Royal Blue and Gold |
| Website | waverley.nsw.edu.au |
Waverley College is an independent, non-selectivesingle-sex Catholic day school in the tradition of Blessed Edmund Rice, catering to approximately 1,350 male students from Years 5 to 12. The school grounds are located on Birrell and Henrietta Street in Waverley, in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
In 2014 the College received some of its best HSC results ranking it 128 in the state. Three students were placed on the Premiers All Rounders List in the state for achieving marks over 90% (Band 6s) in every HSC subject.
The school opened with 20 students in 1903. In 1938, the school started accepting boarders. The school's boarders came from rural New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Papua New Guinea, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Norfolk Island, Nauru, New Caledonia, Saigon and Singapore. The school stopped taking boarders in 1979.
The College is staffed entirely with lay teachers, including the first lay Headmaster, Ray Paxton, who was appointed in 2010.
Two of the College's major buildings, the Chapel and the College Hall, date back to the 1950s. The latter, which includes stained-glass window displays dedicated to the armed services, has a vestibular Lady Chapel, focusing on the school's Marian tradition. Every year in May, the school hosts an annual May Procession in honour of Our Lady, which is the longest-running Marian procession in Australian history.
The Senior School and Middle School quads were added in 1963 and 1970 respectively. In 1970, an Olympic-sized swimming pool was also built, and in 1980 the school underwent massive renovations in which one of the halls, Ludlow, was transformed into a music centre and a modern gymnasium was built.
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