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| Hale School | |
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| Coordinates | 31°54′41″S115°46′51″E / 31.91139°S 115.78083°E /-31.91139; 115.78083 |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent,day &boarding |
| Motto | Duty |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Established | 1858[1] |
| Sister school | St Mary's |
| Chairman | Mark Foster[2] |
| Head of Senior School | David Bourne |
| Deputy Head of Senior School | Simon Hunt |
| Head of Year 7 | Jackie Hunt |
| Head of Junior School | Tim Simpson |
| Headmaster | Dean Dell'Oro[3] |
| Chaplain | Thomas Couper |
| Employees | 257 |
| Median ATAR | 91.85 (2021) |
| Gender | Boys |
| Enrolment | ~1,500 (1–12)[4] |
| Colours | Oxford blue &Cambridge blue |
| Affiliation | Public Schools Association |
| Alumni | Old Haleians |
| Website | www |
Hale School is anindependent,Anglicanday andboarding school for boys, located inWembley Downs, awestern suburb ofPerth, Western Australia.
Named after the school founded by BishopMathew Blagden Hale in 1858,[1] Hale School claims to be the oldest private boys' school in Western Australia, a claim subsequently contested by historian and former Hale School Headmaster Dr. Ken Tregonning.[5] The school was originally situated atthe Cloisters onSt Georges Terrace in Perth, relocated to the Pensioner Guard Barracks at the top of St. George's Terrace around 1880, and then again relocated to its new Havelock Street premises in 1914 in West Perth. In 1961, the school moved to its current premises in Wembley Downs. The campus now consists of ajunior school for Years Pre-Primary to Year 6, amiddle school for Year 7, and asenior school for Year 8 to Year 12. The school also consists of sporting grounds and boarding facilities for regional and international students.
The school is a member of thePublic Schools Association and theJunior School Heads Association of Australia.
Hale'ssister school isSt Mary's Anglican Girls' School located in Karrinyup, a nearby suburb.
In 2008, Hale School celebrated its sesquicentennial (150th) anniversary.
Part of Australia's colonial history, Hale School educated many sons of theSwan River Colony. The school was originally known as Boys High School and the inaugural chairman wasArchibald Paull Burt, a notable jurist and slaveholder in the West Indies.[6][7]
Modelled on England'spublic schools, it has been accused of being elitist. For example, in his biography of explorer and politicianSir John Forrest, Frank Crowley described the school's values throughout the 1870s as "a heady compound of social snobbery,laissez-faire capitalism, sentimentalroyalism, patrioticAnglicanism,benevolent imperialism andracial superiority".[8]
In contemporary social commentary, for exampleMark Peel's study of class and schooling in Australia, Hale School was identified as one of the most rigorous and selective schools for boys.[9] There is a scholarship program, including the first full boarding scholarships in Western Australia forIndigenous students.[10][better source needed]
Since at least 1930, Hale School has misrepresented its association with Bishop Hale's School, falsely claiming for instance that it was initially known as "Bishop Hale's Collegiate School", and later as "The High School". However the two were always completely separate legal entities that coexisted for 10 years - from 1876 until 1885 - under their own separate Acts of Parliament.[citation needed]
Bishop Hale's private school commenced in 1858 and was known variously as "Bishop’s College", "Bishop Hale's School" and "Bishop’s Collegiate School". In 1863 the Church of England established the "Church of England Collegiate School" under an Act of Parliament Ordinance 26 Vic. No. 12, of 1863.[11] Two years later on September 7, 1865, "Bishop Hale conveyed the school property to the Governors of the Church of England Collegiate School and their successors and assigns for ever—viz., Perth Building Lots H1, and H7. Bishop Hale’s School then became the Church of England Collegiate School, but was better known and spoken of as Hale’s School."[12]
A decade later in 1878 the taxpayer funded secular state "High School" opened its doors "across the road" from the Collegiate School. The latter could not compete when its fee paying students reenrolled at the new taxpayer sponsored "High School". The secular "High School" effectively and immediately put "Hale's School" out of business by taking away so many of its students, if not all of them, that it was no longer viable.[citation needed] Nevertheless "Hale's School" persisted as a legal entity for another 8 years until 1885 when the Act under which the original Bishop Hale's School had been incorporated was dissolved.
Exactly 100 years later, in 1958, persistent historical misrepresentations by former "High School" students were used to convince the Parliament of Western Australia into renaming "High School" to "Hale School" - in supposed honour of its purported founder - and the "High School Act (1876)" became the "Hale School Act (1876)", converting the secular school into a religious school under the auspices Governance of the Anglican Archbishop as Visitor.[13][better source needed]
According to Edith Cowan, Western Australia's first female member of Parliament, the Act that evolved out Bishop Hale's School – the Church of England Collegiate School Act – co-existed with a public secular school instantiated under its own Act – the High School Act, creating two independent and theologically opposed legal entities. The latter then took the name "Hale School", the commencement date of 1858, and other propaganda associating itself with Bishop Hale, about which Cowan laments:
"It is only those of us who remember Bishop Hale personally and his deeply spiritual and religious type of mind (yet broad and tolerant of the views of others) who can realise the travesty of giving his name to an institution whose foundations are so unmistakably opposite to the principles he invariably upheld. Can it be wondered at that the Diocesan Council takes exception, as do other members of the Church of England, to the present High or Hale School’s use of the old Bishop Hale’s School badge, to the foundation date on its new buildings and the incorrect statement that Bishop Hale founded the High School."[14]
Bishop Hale's Collegiate School occupied buildings designed byRichard Roach Jewell in 1858 and situated onSt Georges Terrace. The buildings eventually became known asThe Cloisters. In 1914, the school moved to a more spacious site at Havelock Street, West Perth, opposite the Parliament of Western Australia. Finally, in 1961, the school relocated to its current 480,000 m2 (120 acres) premises inWembley Downs.
| Period | Details |
|---|---|
| 1858–1863 | Canon George Hallett Sweeting |
| 1864 | John Bussell (acting) |
| 1864–1869 | Rev. FT Taylor |
| 1869–1872 | Rev. FA Hare |
| 1872–1878 | Col. EW Haynes |
| 1878–1882 | Rev. D Davies |
| 1882–1888 | T Beuttler |
| 1888–1889 | N Millington |
| 1889–1914 | FC Faulkner |
| 1915–1928 | MA Wilson |
| 1929–1931 | PR Le Couteur |
| 1931–1946 | MA Buntine |
| 1940–1943 | C Hadley (acting) |
| 1946–1960 | VS Murphy |
| 1960–1965 | JR Prince |
| 1966 | L Drake (acting) |
| 1967–1988 | KG Tregonning[15] |
| 1989–2002 | John Inverarity |
| 2003–2016 | Stuart G Meade |
| 2017 | David Bean (acting) |
| 2017– | Dean Dell'Oro |
Hale School's campus is a 48-hectare site located in Wembley Downs. The administration building, Memorial Hall, Tom Hoar Dining Hall, Cygnet Theatre, Forrest Library and the Chapel of St Mark are all located on the southwest corner of the campus near the main entrance.
TheJohn Inverarity Music and Drama Centre is located on the western side of the campus facing Unwin Avenue. This building separates the Senior School from the Junior School, along with the middle school boarding residence, Brine House. The Peter Wright Technology Building, which houses the Design and Technology Workshop, as well as Computer and Design Suites, sits adjacent to the Doug Peake Pool. Adjacent to the swimming pool are the gymnasium and change-rooms.
The senior boarding house is located on the eastern side of the campus while the sports playing fields occupy the north to south-east.
The new Teaching and Learning precinct on the site of the old boarding houses near the south entrance to the campus was officially opened on 1 July 2009. The main feature of this project is a new Library and Resource Centre. This includes a dedicated Year 12 study area and Curriculum Support rooms facing a central courtyard. The project also includes a Languages and English block. Beneath the library is a clothing store, IT department and the Old Haleians' Boardroom.
While the library was open for student use from February in the 2009 school year,[16] the official opening ceremony was not held until 1 July 2009, when the facility was officially opened byAndrew Forrest and unveiled as the Forrest Library.[17] It honours members of the Forrest family, from SirJohn Forrest toAlexander Forrest, and on to Andrew Forrest himself, who had been educated at Hale.
In 2010 theAustralian Institute of Architects awarded the Forrest Library an Architecture Award for Public Architecture.[18]
TheJohn Inverarity Music and Drama Centre comprises a large auditorium/theatre, backstage holding rooms, two main rehearsal studios, percussion and string studios, two large music teaching rooms and 19 music practice rooms. It was first opened for use in January 2001.
The centrepiece of the complex is the timber-lined recital auditorium which accommodates 353 patrons on stepped tiers with a flat performance area 17 m wide and 12 m deep. The auditorium design has been dictated by the requirements to have natural acoustics for music. This has been achieved through the use of a traditional 'rectangular box' design with a maximum ceiling height of 8 m. The auditorium can be tuned for different instruments and various music/drama performances to achieve desired acoustic qualities. This is accomplished by a system of moveable full-height wall reflectors, suspended ceiling reflectors and rotating wall panels with differing degrees of absorptive linings. The ceiling loft is mechanised with 27 variable-speed automatic winch lines which give a great degree of flexibility for a range of shows.
The construction of a new middle school facility commenced in January 2009 and was completed in January 2010. The middle school site is located adjacent to Unwin Avenue, between the John Inverarity Music and Drama Centre and the Memorial Hall. The building contains 16 classrooms primarily for Year 7 students. The main entrance, reception and administration offices are located on a separate intermediate level, which is at street level with Unwin Avenue. Other staff facilities are located on the ground floor.
In addition, the facility incorporates one of the school's existing buildings ('L-block' classrooms) which were refurbished as music, drama and science classrooms for Middle school. The ground level of this building was refurbished as a middle school science classroom (and store room), with the upper level refitted to house a drama classroom, music classroom (with store room) and four music practice rooms.
The refurbishment of this building commenced in October 2009 but was not completed in time for the commencement of the school year in February 2010. The new building replaced the 'C-block' classrooms and Senior School Library that previously occupied the site and were demolished in December 2008.[19][20]
The Hale Junior School was originally built when the Wembley Downs campus was opened. Today, it has classes from pre–primary up to Year 6, with around 400 students enrolled. It was renovated in 2017. It features a modern design with the year groups split up into a 'Lower Junior' (PP to Year 2), 'Middle Junior' (Year 3 and Year 4) and 'Upper Junior' (Year 5 and Year 6). All buildings have open areas, called 'breakout spaces', where students can work together in small groups or presentations can be held.[21]
Awards include 'Architecture Award for Education Architecture, Western Australia 2019' and 'Learning Environments WA Chapter, Category 2: New Construction / New Individual Facility over $8m'.
Hale School campus includes various sporting facilities, including:[22]
In 1885, the school entered a team into theWest Australian Football Association (WAFA) for its inaugural season, but were forced to withdraw two rounds into the season due to a lack of players.[25]
Hale School has hosted important teams over the years, including the English rugby team on occasions, namely for training during the 2003 Rugby World Cup. The school hosted the English Cricket Academy, including international cricketersMichael Vaughan,Owais Shah,Stuart Broad,Rikki Clarke andJon Lewis for nets sessions and practice matches, as seen on the front page ofThe West Australian on 29 November 2006.[26]
Since 2000, Hale School has won five of theBeazley Medals, awarded to the student obtaining the highest marks in the state administered tertiary entrance examinations.[27][28]
The school appears regularly in the top 10 schools for theWestern Australian Certificate of Education rankings.
| Year | % +75 in WACE[i] | State ranking[ii] | % +65 in WACE[iii] | Median ATAR | State ranking | % graduation[iv] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 91.85 | 100 | ||||
| 2020 | 90.35 | 100 | ||||
| 2019 | 92.85 | |||||
| 2018 | 89.4 | |||||
| 2017 | 89.3 | |||||
| 2016 | 89.8 | |||||
| 2015 | (prior to ATAR reporting) | |||||
| 2014 | 27.09 | 7 | 59.89 | (prior to ATAR reporting) | 5 | 100[29] |
| 2013 | 28.17 | 5 | 58.59 | (prior to ATAR reporting) | 5 | 100[30] |
| 2012 | 28.77 | 4 | 66.95 | (prior to ATAR reporting) | 3 | 100[31] |
| 2011 | 36.69 | 1 | 72.14 | (prior to ATAR reporting) | 2 | 100[32] |
| 2010 | 25.73 | 10 | 65.47 | (prior to ATAR reporting) | 8 | 99.50[33] |
| 2009 | 6 | (prior to ATAR reporting) | 2 | 99.49[34] |
Hale is a member of thePublic Schools Association (PSA).
Hale has won the following PSA premierships.[35]
Hale School's main publication is the school's official book,The Cygnet, which is released at the start of each year and includes about 250 pages of the previous year's major happenings, school photos and sports results. The school also publishes analumni magazine,The Haleian, twice a year, usually around June and November.
Former students have served in all conflicts since theBoer War with many having distinguished military careers.[36]
CorporalBen Roberts-Smith, Hale Class of 1995, son of Major GeneralLen Roberts-Smith, is currently Australia's most decorated soldier and war criminal, having been awarded the Victoria Cross and Medal for Gallantry.
124 Old Haleians have died in conflicts since the Boer War. A Memorial Grove at the school site honours these men with 124 plaques and a sculpture with an "eternal flame" theme. The great hall of the school has also been named Memorial Hall. The Hale School Museum contains important military and civilian records relating to the school and the state of Western Australia. A small museum display is also located at the Old Hale School, now the Constitutional Centre of Western Australia, on Havelock Street,West Perth.
An alumnus of Hale School is called anOld Haleian. Notable Old Haleians include:
