Barker College is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school, located in Hornsby, a North Shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 1890 by the Reverend Henry Plume, at Kurrajong Heights, Barker is an all-boys school from Years 3 to 9, and co-educational from Years 10 to 12. The college has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1,968 students, including 60 boarders from Years 10 to 12....
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Barker College is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school, located in Hornsby, a North Shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 1890 by the Reverend Henry Plume, at Kurrajong Heights, Barker is an all-boys school from Years 3 to 9, and co-educational from Years 10 to 12. The college has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1,968 students, including 60 boarders from Years 10 to 12. In 2007, Barker College ranked second in Higher School Certificate (HSC) results in the Hornsby region, behind Hornsby Girls' High School. Over 95% of each year's graduating class will ultimately pursue some form of tertiary studies.
Barker is affiliated with the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA), the Independent Schools Association (ISA), and is a...
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