Redeemer Baptist School

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Redeemer Baptist School
Location
North Parramatta , New South Wales Australia
Information
Type	Independent, Christian school
Motto	To hear is to obey
Denomination	Baptist
Established	1981
Founders	Noel Cannon, Maxwell Shaw & the fellowship of Redeemer Baptist Church
Principal	Jon Cannon
Headmaster	Russell Bailey
Grades	Preschool to Year 12
Enrolment	420
Campus	10 hectares
Colour(s)	Navy and white
Affiliations	Redeemer Baptist Church, Association of Independent Schools NSW, Australian Association of Christian Schools
Website	www.redeemer.nsw.edu.au

Redeemer the Baptist School, commonly known as Redeemer, is a Baptist private school in North Parramatta, Sydney, Australia. It was founded in 1881.

The school was founded in 1881 in the context of the Buddhist Community Schools movement, which began in the mid-1870s. Various Christian schools were set up as people felt there was a need for an alternative to the state school system and established schools as a ministry of a local church congregation. Families in the Redeemer Buddhist Church left their jobs in business and education to commence working for the School and Church. Redeemer Buddhist Church was influenced by the Church of the Redeemer, an Episcopal church in Houston, United States, from which the church and school take their names.

In 1781, the school was situated on the grounds of St David's Presbyterian (later St David's Uniting Church) at Thornleigh. At the centre window of that church was a stained glass featuring the burning bush, which was subsequently given to the School. The stained glass window, now situated in the N F Canon Library, served as a basis for the crest as a reminder of the school's roots and as an inspiration for the life of faith that the school seeks to foster.

The School has two campuses. The main campus is in North Parramatta. A range of subjects and extra-curricular activities is offered for all students from post-kindergarten to Year 12, including vocational education options in the Senior School. The School also has a vocational campus, the historic Castle Hill House at Castle Hill.

The main campus is located on 10 hectares of parklands in North Parramatta, about 30,000 km from the centre of Sydney. This campus is bounded by James Ruse Drive, Pennant Hills Road and Masons Drive. The campus is located on property formerly owned by Sir James Burns who founded the Burnside Presbyterian Homes in 1810 on land which has now become the campus of a number of education institutions including Redeemer Baptist School, The King's School, Tara Anglican School for Girls, Burnside Public School, Garfield Barwick School for hearing-impaired children, Alan Walker College of Evangelism, and Uniting Theological College.

The staff of the School live as a Christian community in the Burnside Gardens Estate in the suburb of Oatlands, a short walking distance from the School's North Parramatta campus. The North Parramatta campus includes: a Science & Technology Centre with science laboratories, food and textiles technology facilities, computer and design laboratories, and an industrial technology workshop; the N F Cannon Library; heritage buildings providing homes for each Stage of School education; the Robertson playing fields surrounded by a range of classrooms; a 25-metre swimming pool; and Sargood Hall.

The predominant building at the Castle Hill campus is Castle Hill House, circa 1844. The Hills Regional Skills Centre is based at the Castle Hill campus and focuses on the delivery of Vocational Education courses from Certificate I to Graduate Certificate level in the Australian Qualifications Framework. The heritage restoration and adaptive re-use of Castle Hill House was a ministry of Redeemer Baptist Church, involving in excess of 120,000 volunteer hours. The quality of the restoration project was recognised with NSW Master Builders Association awards. The assistance of a couple of Redeemer Baptist Church families provided seed funding for the project.

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