Principal’s Introduction

In 2019 Haileybury Rendall School (HRS) completed a very successful year making progress in all areas of operation. HRS takes much of its vision from Haileybury Melbourne which provides enormous support in developing the culture and learning program of the School.

Enrolments at HRS have continued to grow with the School starting the year with 562 students with 75 boarders. This was a significant increase on the previous year’s enrolment. The growth in enrolments was predominantly in the Junior School and Year 7 meaning that HRS will continue to see enrolments increase as these groups move through the School.

The three keys goals of the School are to develop academic excellence, to have a high expectation in all areas of operation and to build a strong, supportive and resilient community.

The growth in academic results was shown in the improvement in NAPLAN enrolments across all year levels. In particular, the growth in Year 3 was outstanding. This demonstrated the impact that the explicit teaching model is having in the School. In our Aboriginal Year 7 and 8, class literacy results improved on average by two years, with some students showing three years’ growth.

HRS had a number of opportunities to come together and celebrate as a community. The goodwill and enthusiasm of our parent body for the education that is being provided is wonderful. There is no doubt the support of our parents, teachers and students is contributing significantly to the reputation and growth of the School.

All sections of the community demonstrated their support for our program in the biennial LEAD surveys that were undertaken. The levels of support of the School shown in these surveys was excellent given we are a new and emerging school.

Haileybury Rendall School is an energetic community that wants the School to be the best School in Darwin and the Northern Territory. We all understand that this will occur if we have high expectations in everything we do and are uncompromising is trying to meet these goals. The journey will be ongoing as we strive for the continual improvement in all aspects of operation.

We look forward to the future with high expectations.