Senior College (10-12)


Welcome to our Senior College

Preparing Students for Life Beyond School

Spanning from Year 10 to Year 12, the St Andrew’s Cathedral School Senior College is focussed on preparing students for their final exams and, ultimately, for life. With its coeducational ethos and cosmopolitan Sydney city backdrop, the Senior College offers students a real life experience to prepare them for the world beyond the classroom. 

Responsible and Independent Students

The Senior College at St Andrew’s Cathedral School continually works towards developing responsibility and independence in the students’ final school years.  We achieve this by being relational in all aspects of the academic, pastoral and cultural life of the school. Responsibility cannot be encouraged without some freedom; however it must also be encouraged through a framework of positive choices for the future. We want our young people to be in a position to contribute to their world when they leave us. In the final years of school at St Andrew’s, the character, integrity and sense of justice of our students are as important as a good ATAR. 

A Large Community with a Broad Range of Study Options

Our fully co-educational Senior College caters for more students than any other section of the School. A larger Senior College is appropriate for 15 to 18 year olds, where it may have been too imposing for students of Junior or Middle School ages. As students grow and mature, they are able to exercise choice more effectively. A bigger community allows the Senior College to offer a broad range of subjects that suit these options. Students have a range of educational choices and the opportunity to undertake either the International Baccalaureate (IB) or Higher School Certificate (HSC).

To read more about what our students are saying you can download a copy of the Student Voice Publication from the bottom of this page, compiled in August 2011. 

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Journeys of the Heart

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The Things You Taught Me

It’s not only students who learn at schools.   Ms Lauren Rutter, a third year Primary Education student at The University of Notre Dame, has learnt her first lessons in practical teaching and Indigenous education under the mentorship of a St Andrew’s teacher. Here she ...

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The Man Who Moved Us

“When I say our school, I mean our school, because it will always be fond in my memory.” – Mr Graeme Kightley It was a complete surprise. Everything was organised with the utmost stealth, from music rehearsals and a host of carefully penned speeches to a running sheet th...

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Filling in the Gap: Year 13 at SACS

It’s nearing the end of third term when Alex Abbottsmith Fellows Tim Young and Jarrod Simpson sit down between Christian Development classes, chapel services and Cru groups to reflect on the year so far. Graduating from St Andrew’s last year, Tim and Jarrod are now close to finishi...

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A Holiday to Remember

In mid-August, eight St Andrew’s parents and friends embarked on a 5 day Larapinta Trail Trek led by SACS Outdoor Education Instructors Mr John Chapman and Mr Joh Seiler. The guided programme with various day trips from a centralized campsite covered 60km trek of a much longer trail...

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Inspiring improvisation

It’s been five years since Christian Watson, a music teacher at St Andrew’s, embarked on his 85 000-word journey. Smiling as he described his students who told him, “You look a lot happier” and “a lot more relieved,” Mr Watson admitted, “I am.” A...

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From the US of A to Sydney

“My experience at St. Andrews has been better than anything I could have imagined before I started. Even as the “new kid”, I felt instantly welcomed and could feel the inclusive, friendly nature radiating off of the staff and students… I couldn’t be prouder to be...

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The Rite Journey - An Enriching Programme in the Middle School

Developed in Adelaide and customised by dedicated St Andrew’s Middle School teachers, The Rite Journey is a seven-step programme designed to celebrate students’ social, emotional and spiritual growth during adolescence. 2012 marks the inaugural year for The Rite Journey at St Andre...

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