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| The Armidale School | |
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 The main building of The Armidale School, designed by Sir John Sulman in 1892 | |
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Armidale, New South Wales Australia | |
| Coordinates | 30°31′13″S 151°40′26″E / 30.52028°S 151.67389°E |
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| Former name | New England Proprietary School |
| Type | Independent co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day and boarding school |
| Motto | Latin: Absque Deo Nihil (Without God, Nothing) |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Established | 1894[1] |
| Educational authority | New South Wales Education Standards Authority |
| Chairman | Mr Sebastian Hempel |
| Principal | Mr Ray Pearson |
| Chaplain | Rev Joanne Benham |
| Employees | ~127[3] |
| Grades | Early learning and K–12 |
| Enrolment | 680 (2022[2]) |
| Campus type | Regional |
| Colour(s) | Navy blue and straw |
| Slogan | Explore, Experience, Excel |
| Athletics | Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales |
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| Alumni | Old Armidalians |
| Website | www |
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The Armidale School (abbreviated as TAS) is an independent Anglican co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day and boarding school, located in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia. Administration of the schools is formalised as a company limited by guarantee that operates under the Corporations Act.
Founded in 1894 as the New England Proprietary School,[4] The Armidale School has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 640 students, including 250 boarders from Years 6 to 12.[3] TAS has classes of students in Pre-Kindergarten (4 years old), Junior School for children in Kindergarten to Year 5 which offers the IB Primary Years Programme, a Middle School for those in Years 6 to 8 and a Senior School from Years 9 to 12 (18 years old).[5] In 1992, The Armidale School became the first school in Australia to provide internet access for its students.[6]
The school is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[7] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),[8] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA),[5] and is one of only three Round Square schools in the state of New South Wales.[9] TAS is also the only member of the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (AAGPS)[10] located outside of the Sydney metropolitan area.[11]
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- ^ "Annual Report 2016" (PDF). Current Happenings. The Armidale School. 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Annual Report 2006" (PDF). Current Happenings. The Armidale School. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2007.
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- ^ "Prospectus" (PDF). Publications. The Armidale School. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ^ "AHISA Schools: New South Wales". Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. April 2007. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2007.
- ^ "JSHAA New South Wales Directory of Members". Junior School Heads' Association of Australia. 2007. Archived from the original on 17 January 2008. Retrieved 24 October 2007.
- ^ "Member Schools". Members. Round Square. 2007. Archived from the original on 5 October 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2007.
- ^ "AAGPS History". Info. Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales. 2007. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2007.
- ^ "The Armidale School". New South Wales. School Choice. 2007. Archived from the original on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2007.