Byford Secondary College

Byford Secondary College is an Independent Public secondary school in Byford, a suburb 33 kilometres (21 mi) south-east of Perth, Western Australia.

Byford Secondary College
Address
57 Abernethy Road Byford, Western Australia Australia
Coordinates	32°13′24″S 116°00′09″E
Information
Type	Independent public co-educational day school
Motto	Aspire to Excellence
Opened	2014
Educational authority	WA Department of Education
Principal	Paul Jones
Years	7-12
Enrolment	1,444[1] (2020)
Campus type	Suburban
Colour(s)
Website	byfordsc.wa.edu.au

Overview

Stage one of the construction of Byford Secondary College opened in February 2014, and cost $35.2 million.[2][3] Stage two opened in July 2016, and cost $14 million. Facilities included in that stage are an education support facility, arts centre, gymnasium and extension of the technologies building. The third and final stage opened in September 2017, two years ahead of schedule. The third stage included a double storey senior school building for Year 11 and 12 students, a staffroom, student services area, 3 information technology laboratories, 75-seat lecture theatre, 15 general classrooms and 2 educational support classrooms. The final stage cost $15.9 million.[4][5]

Byford Secondary College opened to Year 8 students in 2014. An additional year group was added to the school each year after that, up until Year 12 in 2018. In addition, the school opened to Year 7 students in 2015, alongside most other public secondary schools in Western Australia. By 2018, the school had students from Year 7 to Year 12.[5]

In March 2017, it was revealed that the educational support facility's $700,000 pool had not been used in the 9 months since it had been competed. Staff were not trained and accredited for using the pool until October 2016, and by then, the pool's heating system had to be replaced due to corrosion being detected. After it became usable, there were no students with a disability that required hydrotherapy. The principal stated, however, that students with those needs may enrol in the future now that the pool is operational. The president of the State Schools Teachers Union criticised that money was spent on a pool that is barely being used, when other schools find it hard to get good facilities.[6]

Academic results

2018 was the first year that Year 12 students graduated from Byford Secondary College.

Year	Rank	Median ATAR	Eligible students	Students with ATAR	% Students with ATAR	Ref
2020	116	68.00	153	33	21.57%	[7]
2019	139	60.00	134	45	33.58%	[8]
2018	130	66.40	109	46	42.20%	[9]

Student numbers

Year	Number[1][5]
2014	169
2015	594
2016	820
2017	1,027
2018	1,188
2019	1,315
2020	1,444

See also

• List of schools in the Perth metropolitan area

References

1. "Byford Secondary College – Student Numbers". Schools Online. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
2. "School goes back with record numbers". Media Statements. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
3. Hiatt, Bethany. "Students aspire for excellence on iPads". The West Australian. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
4. "Final stage of Byford Secondary College officially opened". Media Statements. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
5. "Byford Secondary College Annual Report". Trove. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
6. Hiatt, Bethany. "Unused Byford Secondary College pool 'ludicrous': parent". Perth Now. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
7. "WA School Ranking - 2020". Better Education. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
8. "WA School Ranking - 2019". Better Education. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
9. "WA School Ranking - 2018". Better Education. Retrieved 8 January 2021.

External links

• Annual school reports (2014 – 2018)