Great Lakes College

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School in Australia

Great Lakes College

Location

Forster/Tuncurry,
Mid North Coast, New South Wales

Australia

Coordinates| 32°12′55″S 152°31′39″E﻿ / ﻿32.215390°S 152.527611°E﻿ / -32.215390; 152.527611
Information
Type| Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
Motto| Tis the Game not the Prize
Established|

* 1978; 47 years ago (1978)
(as Forster High School)
* 2003; 22 years ago (2003)
(as Great Lakes College)

School district| Great Lakes; Regional North
Educational authority| NSW Department of Education
College Principal| Graeme Jennings
Campus principals|

* Jennifer Miggins (Forster[1][2])
* Sally Chad (Tuncurry Junior[3])
* Davina Bowen (Tuncurry Senior[4])

Teaching staff| 134.4 FTE (2018[5][6][7])
Years| 7–12
Enrolment| 1,556[5][6][7] (2018)
Campuses|

* Cape Hawke Drive, Forster
(Forster Junior Campus[1])
* The Northern Parkway, Tuncurry
(Tuncurry Junior Campus[3] and Senior Campus[4])

Colour(s)| Blue, red and white
Website|

* glctuncurr-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
(Tuncurry campus)
* glcforster-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
(Forster campus)
* glcsenior-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
(Senior campus)

Great Lakes College is a multi-campus government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in the dual-town of Forster/Tuncurry, in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.

Established initially in 1978 as Forster High School, in 2003 through division of Forster High School, the Great Lakes College was formed. The combined campuses enrolled approximately 1,410 students in 2022, from Year 7 to Year 12.[5][6][7] As of 2022[update] the Senior Campus, a senior school located in Tuncurry that caters for students in Year 11 and Year 12 only, enrolled 344 students, of whom 9% identified as Indigenous Australians and 3% were from a language background other than English;[6] and of the two junior high schools catering for Year 7 to Year 10, the one located on the same site in Tuncurry enrolled 505 students (13% indigenous, 4% non-English language background)[7] and the one located in Forster enrolled 565 students (18% indigenous, 4% non-English language background).[5]

The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; and prepares students for the NSW Higher School Certificate and post school destinations. The College Principal is Graeme Jennings.

## Notable alumni

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This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article and are alumni, or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations. (July 2019)

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* Paul Carroll - international volleyball player[8]
* Jamal Idris - former professional rugby league footballer[9]
* Holly Rankin - singer-songwriter performing as Jack River (musician)

## See also

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* New South Wales portal
* Schools portal

* List of government schools in New South Wales: G–P
* List of schools in the Northern Rivers and Mid North Coast
* Education in Australia

## References

[edit]

1. ^ a b "Annual Report 2018" (PDF). Great Lakes College Forster Campus. NSW Department of Education. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
2. ^ "Respected principal to retire". Great Lakes Advocate. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
3. ^ a b "The Dolphin 2021". 6 December 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
4. ^ a b "The Dolphin 2021". 6 December 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
5. ^ a b c d "Great Lakes College Forster Campus, Forster, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
6. ^ a b c d "Great Lakes College Senior Campus, Tuncurry, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
7. ^ a b c d "Great Lakes College Tuncurry Campus, Tuncurry, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
8. ^ "Advocate Stories on Paul Carroll". Great Lakes Advocate. 2009. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
9. ^ "Advocate Stories on Jamal Idris". Great Lakes Advocate. 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2010.

## External links

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* Tuncurry Campus official website
* Forster Campus official website
* Senior Campus official website

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