Pittwater House School, Collaroy NSW
- Early Learning
- Primary School
- Secondary School
- Single School Location
- Pre-K Campus
- P-12 Campus
- Junior School
- Senior School
- Independent
Yes
- Academic Achievement
- Assisted Learning
- Co-curricular Activities
- Community
- Digital Technologies
- Early Learning Fundamentals
- Gifted and Talented
- Languages
- Music
- Numeracy / Literacy
- Pastoral Care / Guidance
- Performing Arts
- Personal Values
- Science/Technology
- Social & Emotional Learning
- Sport
- Welfare
- Chinese
- French
- Alpine Sports
- Basketball
- Netball
- Rugby Union
- Swimming
- Water Polo
Pittwater House is an independent, secular school offering a well-rounded private school education to students from Pre-Kindergarten to Year 12.
Our innovative structure provides your child the best of both worlds, in a learning environment combining predominantly single-gender classes on one co-educational campus.
We maintain a modest student population to ensure that each individual is seen, known and cared for, so our staff can develop a true understanding of your child’s abilities, talents and needs – both inside and outside the classroom.
In the classroom, our highly qualified teachers use an evidence-based teacher-framed, student-led model known as ‘Deep Learning’, enabling students to master essential academic content and to become lifelong learners.
Outside the classroom, we offer students an array of co-curricular opportunities to cater to a diverse range of interests and abilities, most of which take place on our large campus.
Pittwater House offers your child countless ways to develop and thrive.
Our teacher-framed, student-led pedagogy, known as 'Deep Learning', enables our students to have a deeper understanding of the curriculum. It develops the essential competencies of Citizenship, Character, Collaboration, Communication, Creativity, Critical Thinking to increase our students’ capacity to learn.
Naturally, our passionate teachers are vital members of our community that strive for excellence in teaching each day, to inspire our students.
It is important that they also feel valued and supported, so that they may engage positively with students and build stronger connections with parents.
To ensure our teachers and students are happy and thriving, we focus on staff excellence and welfare, maintaining the best standards of practice and the highest levels of professionalism.
We also offer a before and after school care service onsite for students from Pre-Kindergarten to Year 6.
It gives your child all the advantages of gender-specific teaching combined with the many social benefits of a co-educational campus.
Although our Pre-Kindergarten classes are fully co-educational, our Kindergarten to Year 6 students participate in single-gender learning for most of their subjects. That is, separate classrooms are designated for boys and girls within the same school, while both study the same curriculum.
In Years 7 and 8, all classes are taught in single-gender classes, with teachers utilising gender-based strategies to optimise learning and confidence.
In Years 9 and 10, students participate in co-educational classes for three elective subjects, but continue to have single-gender classes for English, Maths, Science, History, Geography and Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE).
Form classes, which are the cornerstone of our pastoral care programs, remain single-gender all the way from Kindergarten until Year 10. This ensures a nurturing and safe environment where students feel comfortable raising sensitive issues.
By Years 11 and 12, all classes including Form classes are co-educational, to prepare students for life after school.
H - Honesty and Integrity
E - Excellence
R - Respect and Care
O - Origins
I - Innovation
C - Community
We run a private service of five buses for families living on the North Shore and in the North Beaches who are not served by commercial or governmental transport.
These buses service families living between the school and Avalon, Forestville, Manly, Mosman and St Ives.
I thank you for considering Pittwater House for your child.
At Pittwater House there is a great spirit of friendliness, mutual respect and recognition of achievement, all reflected in the school motto 'semper diligens' — Latin for always hardworking.
I am proud to be leading a school that offers a truly unique, balanced and nurturing approach to education from Pre-Kindergarten to Year 12. The School's philosophy is based on providing single-sex education within a co-educational environment. We offer modest class sizes and a focus on academic growth.
We specifically focus on the development of each and every child at Pittwater House. This approach mirrors my own principles, which are focused on cultivating student potential, encouraging strong personal values and creating well-rounded young people.
To learn more about our wonderful School, I encourage you to speak to our Registrar to book a Zoom Q&A with me.
I hope to meet you soon.
Kind regards,
Dr Nancy Hillier
BA, DipEd, MEdSt, DEd, MACE, MACEL, MAICD
Pittwater House offers partial scholarships to students for outstanding academic potential and general excellence (creative arts and sports). Applications for 2024 scholarships are now closed.
We offer a limited number of general excellence and academic excellence scholarships to students entering Years 7, 9 and 11.
Pittwater House offers partial scholarships for tuition fees only. Incidentals and all other expenses are charged at the usual rate. Please see our School Fees for more information.
Scholarships are open to current students of Pittwater House as well as students attending other schools. Applicants must be Australian residents.
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