Australasian Christian College Marsden Park records whopping enrolment increase

A western Sydney school, with plans to facilitate high-tech learning like robotics and engineering, has seen a massive increase in enrolments following huge economic development in their local area.

A Marsden Park school has seen a massive increase in enrolments and staff hires following significant economic development in Sydney’s northwest.

Australian Christian College (ACC) Marsden Park has recorded an unprecedented 57.4 per cent increase in enrolments, increasing student numbers from 540 to 850.

Australian Christian College Marsden Park has recorded a 57.4% increase in enrolments this year.

The school has cited the whopping increase to Marden Park’s recent economic development that saw the area put up 10,300 new homes and increased the population by 27.8 per cent last years, according to a report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

This substantial student growth has prompted the school to hire 30 new staff including seven primary class teachers, a specialist primary music teacher and additional specialist learning support teachers.

Australian Christian College (ACC) Marsden Park has hired 30 new staff to accommodate for the student enrolment increase.

Fourteen new subject teachers, appointed to secondary learning, have been hired across key learning areas including english, maths, science, history, geography, PDHPE and technology.

The school, which prides themselves on expanding their online distance education program, also hired four new teachers to support students studying remotely across the state and is now fully registered to deliver the High School Certificate (HSC) via its online program.

ACC Marsden Park principal Brendan Corr said this was only the beginning.

“Over the next five years, we expect the growth to continue as it has been recently,” Mr Corr said.

ACC’s Principal Brendan Corr, pictured here playing handball, expects the school will soon reach 1500 on campus students.

He said it was expected the school would soon become a four stream primary school and six stream secondary school, totalling 1500 students while their online program will educate 1000 students.

To accommodate the growth, the school is preparing for new facilities with stage one, which includes 30 new classrooms and parking, set to be completed this April.

he school is preparing for new facilities with stage one set to be completed this April.

Stage two will bring with it a new technology hub that includes multiple-purpose workshops and studios for high-tech learning including robotics, engineering and videography.

The podcast studio available to students at ACC Marsden Park.

Stage two is expected to be completed by 2023. Stage three will provide an extra 30 classrooms and learning spaces, with sporting facilities such as cricket nets and a sporting field which will finish up in 2022 and 2023 respectively.

A performing arts centre and a vocational technology centre are also on the cards for the elite school.