Yanchep District High School

Yanchep District High School was a public co-educational primary and high day school, located in the Perth suburb of Yanchep, Western Australia. It was opened in 1975 and closed in 2017, replaced by Yanchep Secondary College and Yanchep Lagoon Primary School.

Yanchep District High School
Location
Yanchep, Western Australia

Australia
Coordinates31°33′07″S 115°38′10″E
Information
TypePublic co-educational primary and high day school
MottoYouth Determined to Succeed
Opened1975 (1975)
Closed2017 (2017)
Educational authorityWA Department of Education
YearsK-10
Campus typeSuburban

History

Yanchep District High School opened in 1975 for Kindergarten to Year 7 students, as Yanchep Primary School. The school expanded to Year 8's in 1980, Year 9's in 1981 and Year 10's in 1982, and was renamed to Yanchep District High School in 1981.[1][2] Yanchep District High School served students living in Yanchep, Two Rocks, Quinns Rocks, Butler and Woodridge.[2] The closest school for Year 11's and 12's from 2003 to 2012 was Mindarie Senior College, 16 km (9.9 mi) south, and from 2013 onwards, Butler College, 13 km (8.1 mi) south.

In the 2010s, Yanchep and Two Rocks experienced large growth. Yanchep has a population of 4,247 in 2011,[3] which more than doubled to 8,868 in 2016.[4] As a result, Yanchep District High School did not have the facilities required to serve the number of students it had. The state government decided to construct a new high school in Yanchep, and convert the existing Yanchep District High School to be a primary school.[5] Yanchep District High School closed at the end of 2017. In February 2018, Yanchep Secondary College opened to Year 7 to 11 students, at a new location with new facilities, and Yanchep Lagoon Primary School opened to Kindergarten to Year 6 students at the site of Yanchep District High School.[6] Since then, most of Yanchep Lagoon Primary School has been demolished and rebuilt with more modern facilities.[7][1]

Student numbers
Year Number[2]
Primary Secondary Total
2012 441 186 627
2013 523 250 773
2014 421 264 685
2015 277 351 628
2016 264 330 594

Student numbers do not include kindergarten. Prior to 2015, Year 7 was designated as primary school.

See also

References
  1. Jarvis, Lucy. "Yanchep District High School now called Yanchep Lagoon PS". Perth Now. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  2. Department of Education, Western Australia. "Yanchep District High School (4136)". Archived from the original on 29 March 2012.
  3. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Yanchep (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  4. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Yanchep (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  5. "New secondary school in Yanchep by 2019". Media Statements. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  6. "Yanchep Secondary College opens doors for day one of school year". Media Statements. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  7. "From the Principal". Yanchep Lagoon Primary School. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
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