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There has been Catholic Education in the Diocese of Parramatta since before the Second World War. There are 76 Catholic systemic schools in the diocese (54 primary and 22 secondary) with a total student population of around 41,000. This article is about Catholic schools in general for specific schools named Catholic High School, see Catholic High School (disambiguation. There are also six congregational (independent Catholic) schools.

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History

Early expansion

A growing population saw many schools open in the years before the Second World War. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Built and staffed with absolutely no government financial assistance, the schools served Catholic communities in Blacktown, East Granville, Guildford, Katoomba and Castle Hill. Blacktown is a Suburb in the City of Blacktown, in Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Granville, is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Guildford is a Suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Castle Hill is a Suburb in the north-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

Baby Boom years

Australia’s population grew rapidly in the 1950's and 60's. An ambitious school building program was successfully pursued to cater for new families in many developing areas, including Lalor Park, Seven Hills, Westmead and Kingswood. Lalor Park is a Suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Seven Hills is a Suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Westmead is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Kingswood is a Suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales Australia.

Government support

Some financial relief came to Catholic schools in the 1960's with the funding of science and library facilities. Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning " Knowledge " or "knowing" is the effort to discover, and increase human understanding A library is a collection of information sources resources and services and the structure in which it is housed it is organized for use and maintained by a public body an institution However it was the 1970's that brought a new era of Commonwealth funding for all Australian schools, based on the principles of equality and diversity. The English noun commonwealth dates from the fifteenth century.

Many new schools opened in the decades that followed. These served numerous parishes, including Winston Hills, North Rocks, Kenthurst, Cranebrook and St Clair. Winston Hills is a Suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. North Rocks is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Kenthurst is a Suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Cranebrook is a Suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. St Clair is a Suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

Education

Schools

Executive Director

The Executive Director of Schools in the Parramatta Diocese is Mr Greg Whitby. Caroline Chisholm College is a Roman Catholic girls school for years 7-12 located in western Sydney Australia at Glenmore Park. Delany College is a Roman Catholic, Co-educational Secondary Day school, located in Granville, a western suburb of Gilroy Catholic College is a co-educational Roman Catholic Secondary school for students from Year 7 through to Year 12 located in Castle Hill Loyola College Mount Druitt is a Roman Catholic Co-educational Day school for students aged from 15 - 18 years located in Mount Druitt, Oakhill College is a Catholic, Co-educational, secondary, Day school, located in Castle Hill New South Wales, a suburb in the Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta ( OLMC) is a private, Roman Catholic, Day school for girls located in Parramatta, a western St Andrews College is a Catholic, dual-campus Secondary school located at Marayong, a western suburb of Sydney, New South St Andrews College is a Catholic, dual-campus Secondary school located at Marayong, a western suburb of Sydney, New South St Andrews College is a Catholic, dual-campus Secondary school located at Marayong, a western suburb of Sydney, New South St Columba's High School is a Roman Catholic, Co-educational, Secondary Day school, located on the border of Winmalee and Springwood St Patrick's Marist College Dundas is a systemic Catholic, co-educational High school, located in Dundas, a Greater Western suburb Terra Sancta College is a Co-educational, systemic Catholic, Day school located in Quakers Hill and Schofields, both western Terra Sancta College is a Co-educational, systemic Catholic, Day school located in Quakers Hill and Schofields, both western In June 2007 Greg Whitby won the Education category of The Bulletin Magazine's Bulletin Bayer Smart 100, an annual list of the 100 smartest, brightest and most creative people working in Australia. The Bulletin is a discontinued Australian weekly Magazine that was published in Sydney from 1880 until January 2008 (The Bulletin, 26 June 2007, pp 62-65).

Enrolment

Catholic schools in the Diocese of Parramatta accept enrolments from students who are not Catholic. All students enrolled in a Catholic school should be willing to participate in the religious activities of the school.

In the Parramatta Diocese, enrolment preference is given, in order, to:

  1. children of Catholic families who live in the local parish
  2. children of Catholic families from other parishes
  3. non-Catholics, in accordance to the school's enrolment vacancies

Siblings of children already enrolled in the school are considered by the same criteria above. CHILD syndrome (or congenital hemidysplasia with ichthyosiform erythroderma and limb defects) is a genetic disorder However, within each of these categories, a sibling of a child already enrolled has preference over an applicant who does not have a sibling enrolled in the school.

Special consideration may be given to children of non-Catholic families for a number of reasons, after discussion with the school principal.

Funding

In the 2002-2003 financial year, the Australian Federal Government allocated 67 per cent of its education budget to non-government schools (including Catholic schools). A fiscal year (or financial year, or sometimes budget year) is a period used for calculating annual ("yearly" Financial statements in Businesses This article describes the federal government of Australia See Australian governments for other jurisdictions An independent school is a school which is not dependent upon national or local Government for financing its operation and is instead operated by tuition charges gifts and The remaining 33 per cent was allocated to government schools.

In the same period, the New South Wales State Government allocated 7. The form of the Government of New South Wales is prescribed in its Constitution which dates from 1856 although it has been amended many times since then 3 per cent of its education budget to non-government schools. The remaining 92. 7 per cent was allocated to government (state/public) schools.

In the 2003-2004 financial year, NSW Government schools received $8,227 per student from Federal and State sources. In the 2004 calendar year, NSW Catholic systemic schools received $5,933 per student from Federal and State sources(schools owned and operated by the Religious Orders are funded using a different formula). This means each NSW Catholic systemic school student received, on average, $2,294 less in government funding than a student in a government school. This gap is partly offset by fees, building levies and other charges paid by parents, as well as by support from parishes. A parish is a Local church; it is an administrative unit typically found in episcopal or presbyterian churches Source: Productivity Commission (Australia), Review of Government Service Provision, Report on Government Services 2005, Volume 1, Part B ‘Education’. Report published 28 January 2005.

See also

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The Catholic Diocese of Parramatta is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney made up of 47 parishes A B C D E F G H I J
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