CEO Foreword

It’s time! Time to be gathering in-person again. What better place to be doing so than our national capital, Canberra. We have met annually through a conference or other less-formal gathering for over three decades, except for 2020 due to the global pandemic. Gathering, networking, learning and worshipping are central to our Anglican identity.

Anglican Schools Australia (ASA) has our origins in the National Anglican Schools Consultative Committee (NASCC). In 1992, representatives of Anglican dioceses from across Australia who were committed to the mission of Anglican schools gathered ‘in conference’. It’s in our DNA.

By 1999, the NASCC conferences had grown in numbers attending. There was a desire to provide a formal constitution and connection with the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia. At NASCC’s eighth Annual Conference, held in Queensland, a new organisation was established, to be known as the Australian Anglican Schools Network (AASN) which, by 2011, became Anglican Schools Australia.

Recently, our new Strategic Plan was launched, with a re-defined Core Purpose “To serve, support and connect Anglican schools in living their Anglican identity.” All we do as a national Anglican peak body for schools is founded on our Core Values: “Inspired by Christ, we embrace service, integrity and inclusion.”

The Management Committee is clear about our focus of ministry. We call those areas ‘Core Activities’. There are four - Anglican Identity, Supporting Chaplaincy, Engagement through Activity, and Sustainability & Growth. Throughout 2023 and the years ahead, our efforts will be directed to and through these core activities.

When you join us in Canberra to celebrate Re-emergence, you’ll gather with fellow Anglican educators, leaders, governors, clergy and friends passionate about supporting and growing their school’s Anglican identity. What an exciting and enticing thought. See you in August!

The Reverend Peter Laurence OAM Chief Executive Officer, Anglican Schools Australia