Wyndham College
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Quakers Hill, New South Wales Australia 
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| Coordinates | 33°43′34″S 150°52′47″E / 33.7260888°S 150.8796773°E |
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| Type | Government, Public Co-Educational Day School |
| Motto | "Working Together to Widen Horizons" |
| Denomination | Non Denominational |
| Established | 1999 |
| Principal | Mrs Karen Smith |
| Staff | 60 staff |
| Enrolment | 850 students (Year 11 & 12) |
| Colour(s) | Blue, Grey and White |
| Slogan | The Wyndham Way |
| Website | Wyndham College |
Wyndham College is a government senior secondary school located at Quakers Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1999, its intake of students comes from three surrounding high schools, namely Quakers Hill High School, Riverstone High School, and Seven Hills High School. They, with Wyndham College, make the Nirimba Collegiate Group of Schools. The Collegiate group operates in such a way that each school maintains its independence yet they are closely related through the collaborative leadership of the four principals involved and through sharing at all levels including staffing and resources.
The College is situated on the Nirimba Education Precinct co-located with: the University of Western Sydney, Blacktown; Western Sydney Institute of TAFE-Nirimba College and St John Paul II Catholic College, Senior Campus. Set in a bushland environment, Wyndham College has native award winning gardens and a tributary of Eastern Creek flows through the campus.
The College provides an academic and vocational subject offering for students with a range of learning experiences. Students have the opportunity to access courses offered by the College, University and TAFE. The HSC Life Skills Program is provided for support students identified with mild or moderate disabilities.
Visual artworks completed by students from the college are regularly nominated and featured in Art Express.
Wyndham College was named after the previous NSW Director General of Education, Harold Wyndham who was visionary in implementing the HSC for Year 12 students and the School Certificate for Year 10 students. Wyndham College is built on the former site of the naval training base HMAS Nirimba, and the campus derives its name, "Nirimba Education Precinct", from this historical connection.
Wyndham College's crest was designed by the school's founding principal, Mr Ian Wing, in 1998. The crest features Wyndhams's motto of "Working Together to Widen Horizons", with a representation of a book. Traditionally the book is associated with learning and the motto refers to the broad curriculum that the students have access to through the school's links with the precinct partners - TAFE, University of Western Sydney and Terra Sancta College.
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