John Forrest Secondary College

John Forrest Secondary College
Main entrance
Address
Map
180 Drake Street

Morley, Western Australia

Australia
Coordinates31°54′17″S 115°54′03″E / 31.904621°S 115.900917°E / -31.904621; 115.900917 (John Forrest Secondary College) Edit this at Wikidata
Information
Former namesJohn Forrest Senior High School, Embleton High School
TypeIndependent public co-educational day school
MottoCourtesy
Opened1961; 63 years ago (1961) Edit this at Wikidata
Educational authorityWA Department of Education
PrincipalDenise Robinson[1]
Staff118 (2022) Edit this at Wikidata
Years7–12
Enrolment1,092 Edit this at Wikidata (2022)
Campus typeSuburban
Colour(s)   Navy blue and gold
Athletics
  • Cricket
  • Netball
  • Tennis
Websitewww.johnforrest.wa.edu.au Edit this at Wikidata

John Forrest Secondary College (abbreviated as JFSC) is an Independent Public secondary school in the Perth suburb of Morley, Western Australia.

History

John Forrest Secondary College was established in 1961 as Embleton High School. In 1963, it was renamed John Forrest High School. On 17 October 1964, Western Australian governor Douglas Kendrew officially opened the school as John Forrest Senior High School. The school is named after the first Premier of Western Australia, John Forrest. The gymnasium was built in 1965. During its construction, the roof collapsed after the steel girders bent.[2][3][4]

In the late 1960s, the school became increasingly overcrowded, despite the 1966 establishment of Hampton High School nearby. In 1970, Morley High School was established, but a site had not been selected. At first, Morley High School consisted of 250 students at nine demountable classrooms on John Forrest school grounds. Morley had its own staff, principal and P&C association, but it used John Forrest's canteen, library and sporting facilities. Morley would later move out in 1973 when its own campus had been constructed.[5]

From 2008 to 2010, a trade training centre was constructed at the school at a cost of A$2.6 million. The facility is shared with Mount Lawley Senior High School.[6][7]

In 2011, it became an Independent Public School. Alongside this, the school's name was changed to John Forrest Secondary College.[8][1] In 2015, John Forrest started accepting year 7 students for the first time, becoming a 7–12 school, alongside most other public high schools in the state.

In 2020, it was awarded "best school garden" in the City of Bayswater Garden Awards.[9][10]

Redevelopment

During the 2017 state election campaign, the Labor Party committed $50 million to build and refurbish facilities at John Forrest Secondary College if elected.[11] Following that, the Liberal Party promised $15 million to upgrade the school if re-elected.[12] The Labor party ended up winning the election, and so planning started on the $50 million upgrade.

Partially constructed building view from afar
Construction site in January 2022

In July 2019, an architect was appointed. During 2020, the school's tennis courts were relocated to make way for the new buildings.[13][14] The construction is split into three stages. The first stage involves the construction of a performing arts facility for dance, drama, media, music and visual arts, a materials technology building for building and construction, woodwork, metalwork, engineering, robotics and mechatronics, and a building for food and textiles classes, a cafeteria and an IT centre. The second stage involves the demolition of the previous materials technology building and construction of a new sports hall. The final stage involves turning the old library into a new administration area, the old sports hall into a library and various other refurbishments to old facilities.[15] Construction on the first stage started early 2021, and the final stage is scheduled to be complete by January 2024.[needs update] The project will expand the capacity of the school to 1,300 students.[16]

Programs

John Forrest Secondary College from Broun Avenue
John Forrest Secondary College administration building

John Forrest Secondary College offers Department of Education endorsed specialist programs in Cricket, Music, Netball and Tennis, and the college based Academic Excellence Program (AEP) and Computer Science Program.[17][1]

Cricket

John Forrest's cricket program is endorsed by the Western Australian Cricket Association. The cricket program includes four hours per week of class time, regular competitions, interstate and international cricket tours. Students play on a turf wicket at school grounds and often travel to the WACA Ground. The program is supported by patron Bruce Reid, who is a former student.[18][19]

Music

To gain entry to the music program, students must audition. Students in the program do music theory, weekly instrumental lessons, ensembles outside class time and various performances and concerts. The music program is open to year 6's from nearby schools, where they travel to John Forrest for an hour each week. Facilities for music are two music classrooms and four instrumental rooms. Students can choose to do Music ATAR in years 11 and 12. Ashley Smith, former student of John Forrest, and now Head of Woodwind and Contemporary Performance at UWA Conservatorium of Music is the patron for the music program.[20]

Netball

Netball students have four hours per week of class time and are involved in competitions. Jessica Anstiss, player for the West Coast Fever is the patron for the netball program.[21]

Tennis

In the tennis program, students study tennis for four hours per week and participate in competitions.[22] Margaret Court was the patron of the tennis program until October 2017 after the school board wrote to her,[23][24] asking

to confirm that your views align with our college and will allow you to be promoted to our students as someone who values diversity and inclusivity, is accepting of race and cultural difference and will happily accept people with different sexualities.

Thanking the school "for the privilege of being patron for four years", Court formally withdrew from the position due to being "unable to support all the organisations she once did" because of increasing commitments.[23][24]

John Forrest was named Western Australia's most outstanding school at the 2017 WA Tennis Industry Awards Night.[25]

Local intake area

John Forrest Secondary College's local intake area covers Ashfield, Bedford, most of Bayswater (excluding north of Collier Road), part of Dianella (south of Alexander Drive, Morley Drive and Light Street), part of Embleton (south of Collier Road), part of Inglewood (north-east of Dundas Road), part of Maylands, part of Morley (south-west of Walter Road and Collier Road) and a small part of Bassendean (near Ashfield).[26][27]

Students living in the local intake area have a guaranteed place at the school if they apply. Students living outside the local intake area may join the school if they are accepted into one of the specialist programs or after being judged on a case-by-case basis.[27]

Transport

John Forrest Secondary College is located near the Galleria bus station and several bus routes. High frequency bus routes that stop nearby include the CircleRoute (routes 998 and 999), 950 and 955.[28][29][30][31]

Academic results

Year Rank Median ATAR Eligible students Students with ATAR % Students with ATAR Ref
2021 — 80.10 174 60 34.48% [32]
2020 74 78.70 161 52 32.30% [33]
2019 65 78.70 160 52 32.50% [34]
2018 82 77.85 157 47 29.94% [35]
2017 126 67.00 143 55 38.46% [36]
2016 109 77.55 140 52 37.14% [37]

Student numbers

Student numbers peaked at 1,500 in the late 1970s.[3] Student numbers have significantly increased since 2015, partially due to year 7 students being accepted and the 2014 half cohort leaving.

Year Number Ref
2006 922 [38]
2007 869
2008 807
2009 804
2010 692 [39]
2011 667
2012 691
2013 729
2014 753
2015 1,065
2016 1,116
2017 1,134
2018 1,136
2019 1,122

List of principals

Name[3] Years
George Cullen 1960–1969
Maurice Kelso 1970–1978
Stefan Slusarczyk 1979–1984
Neil Ryan 1985
Stefan Slusarczyk 1986
Neil Ryan 1987
Stefan Slusarczyk 1988–1990
Rose Moroz 1991
Peter Tennant 1992–1993
Larry Manno 1994
Rose Moroz 1995–1996
Alison Legg 1997
Karen Wearn 1998–2003
Phil Shea 2004
Digby Mercer 2005
Di Turner 2006–2011
Judy Silsbury 2012–2015
Melissa Gillett 2016–2021
Karen Read 2021–2021
Denise Robinson 2022–present

Notable alumni

See also

References

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  24. ^ a b Titelius, Regina (23 October 2017). "They're not our values: Perth school replaces tennis legend Margaret Court as patron". PerthNow. Seven West Media. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
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