Acknowledgement of Country
The community of Haileybury Rendall School acknowledges and pays respect to the Traditional Custodians of the land on which it is based, the Larrakia People, and pays respect to the Elders, past and present.
We pay due courtesy to the Traditional Custodians of the lands of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and commit unwaveringly to our shared journey of improved understanding and trust whilst providing equity and excellence in Indigenous education.
We acknowledge the deep sense of responsibility we have as a school community to promote and build a more reconciled nation through education.
Haileybury Rendall School is an independent co-educational day and boarding school located in Darwin in the Northern Territory. Enrolment numbers during 2025 remained constant at 1,040 students. The School includes:
> an Early Learning Centre of 70 threeyear-old and four-year-old students,
> a Junior School with two classes at each level from Transition to Year 4, and 3 classes in Years 5 and 6
> a Middle School with an average cohort size of 120 students per year from Years 7–9, and
> a Senior School that is growing in size, with approximately 230 students from Years 10–12.
Recognised as a Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Education, the School is proud of its strong commitment to supporting and celebrating First Nations students and cultures. In 2025, approximately 15% of students were from Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander backgrounds.
Haileybury Rendall School is also a boarding school. In 2025 there were up to 100 boarders living at the School. Most of these students are Indigenous and come from remote or very remote communities across the north of Australia.
The boarding school also housed international students from China. The School welcomes domestic boarders from across Australia. The boarding population comprises approximately 10% of the School population.
Proudly affiliated with Haileybury in Melbourne, the School is part of a leading educational network comprising five campuses and more than 5,200 students in 2025. This includes Haileybury Pangea, the online school with registered students from the Northern Territory and Victoria, as well as an international campus in China.
Strong connections exist between staff and students in Darwin and Melbourne, with all campuses sharing a common curriculum and educational philosophy. As a result, the School is the only school in the Northern Territory to offer the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) from Years 10–12.
Our graduates are all welcomed as life members of the Old Haileyburians Association.
Haileybury Rendall School supports the broad One Haileybury vision of being a great world school.
About Haileybury Rendall School
Principal’s introduction
In 2025, Haileybury Rendall School (HRS) celebrated its eighth year of operation, achieving a number of significant milestones. The School continued to experience strong and steady growth, with enrolments of approximately 1,040 students, including 100 boarding students.
The Junior School maintained a strong and vibrant learning community, while the Middle and Senior Schools continued to expand as increasing numbers of students progressed through the School.
The School remained committed to promoting high academic standards, supporting student wellbeing across all year levels, and investing in the professional and leadership development of staff. Work also continued towards strengthening our position as a recognised Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Education. In 2025, ten First Nations students successfully completed Year 12 at HRS, an achievement of which the School is very proud. This milestone reflects our ongoing focus on student retention and our contribution to improving educational outcomes for First Nations students and supporting the broader goals of Closing the Gap.
A further growth in academic results was shown in NAPLAN 2025 online testing. HRS was recognised as the top-performing NAPLAN primary school in the Northern Territory for the fifth consecutive year. Our Indigenous students from very remote communities showed strong academic growth in numeracy and literacy from Years 7–12, with some students completing over three years’ growth within the year, in aspects of their learning. Our NAPLAN
results for very remote Indigenous students in Years 7 and 9 were several years above the NT averages.
The School celebrated outstanding VCE and ATAR results in 2025, continuing a strong trend of academic achievement. Notably, HRS achieved the highest ATAR in the Northern Territory, with a top score of 99.9. In addition, 40% of our Year 12 VCE students attained an ATAR of 90 or above, while approximately 63% achieved an ATAR exceeding 80. These results reflect the strength of the School’s academic culture, the dedication and perseverance of our students and the expertise and commitment of our highly skilled teaching staff.
Haileybury Rendall School continues to strengthen its standing as a leading educational institution in the Northern Territory, with a vision to be recognised as the premier school of choice across northern Australia. It was wonderful recognition to achieve Excellence Awards as Australian Regional School of the Year, Primary School of the Year and Best Indigenous Education Program in 2025 at the Australian Education Awards. The enthusiastic support from the local community is evident in the rise in enrolments, affirming our shared vision and aspirations. The School remains committed to ongoing growth, enhancement, and delivering a top-tier education, both inside and outside the classroom. At HRS, every student and every staff member matter every day.
Mr Andrew McGregor Prin cipal
School leadership
Mr Andrew McGregor
Principal
B Sci (Monash), Dip Ed (Monash), M Ed (Melbourne)
Mrs Michelle Shaw
Head of Early Learning Centre
B Children’s Services (CDU), Dip Children’s Services (CDU), Cert IV Leadership Management (Dovaston Training)
Mrs Maria Cicchiello
Head of Operations
B Ed (Primary & Middle) (Uni SA)
Ms Felicity Pearson
Deputy Principal
B Arts (Deakin) B Arts/B Teach (Deakin), Cert IV TAE
Mrs Lisa Doyle
Head of Junior School
B Leisure Man (Griffith) Grad Dip T&L (CDU)
Mr Ian Smith
Director of Community Relations/Acting Director of Boarding
B Ed (Flinders)
Under the leadership of Principal, Mr Andrew McGregor, the 2025 Executive Team was responsible for the development and implementation of educational policies and practices within the School.
Mr Dennis Nowak
Deputy Principal –Teaching and Learning
M Leadership Bus and Law (Deakin), Grad Dip Ed (Melbourne), B Arts (Simon Fraser University)
Mr Brendan Evans
Head of Middle School
B Arts Journalism (RMIT), Grad Dip Secondary Education (ACU)
Mr Ben Bishop
Head of People and Culture
B Applied Science (Human Movement), B Teaching (Deakin), Cert IV Training and Assessment
Mrs Wendy Pickering-Tyers
Deputy Principal –Wellbeing
B Arts Journalism (RMIT), Grad Dip Secondary Education (ACU)
Mrs Kylie Mobilia
Head of Senior School
D Ed Social Sci (La Trobe), M Ed Student Wellbeing (Melbourne), B Arts (La Trobe)
Human resources
MS CELESTE ALWARD-MARTIN
MS SOPHIA AMARENA-COWIE
M Teaching (Secondary) (ACU)
MR TIMOTHY ANGUS
Cert III in Business
MRS KAREN ARCHIBALD
MRS SAFFRON ARMAND
B Teaching (CDU)
MRS OLIVIA ASHFORD
B Education (CDU)
MRS TARA ATKINS
MS NGAIRE AUKINO
MR ANTHONY AYRES
Cert IV Youth Work
MRS PAMELA AYRES
Cert IV Youth Work, Cert Res Care (ACU)
MR ANTHONY BARKER
B Arts, M Teaching (Primary) (Melbourne)
MR ROBERT BARKER
Dip Ed (La Trobe), Dip Fine Art
MRS GABBY BARRY
B Applied Science (University of Ballarat) Grad Dip Outdoor Ed (LaTrobe)
MS DAWN BEASLEY
B Arts Post Grad Professional Education Studies (University of Brighton)
MR DOUGLAS BENDER
B Comm (UNSW), Grad Dip Accounting (La Trobe), Grad Dip Teaching & Learning
MR BENJAMIN BISHOP
B Applied Science (Deakin), B Teaching (Deakin), Cert IV Training and Assessment
MR CONOR BOWDEN
Masters of Teachers (Swinburne University)
MS ALEX BRACEY
MS TAHLIA BRAY
MS SHARON BRIDGEMAN
Cert IV Education Support (CDU)
MS SOPHIE BROWN
B Ed (Deakin)
MRS TINEALE BROWNE
MRS ETHEL BURROW
B Ed and B Arts (Flinders University)
MS TARA BURTON
B Ed (Secondary), B Arts Library and Information Management (Uni SA)
MRS TERRI BUSH
Cert III Commercial Cookery (JCE Positive Outcomes)
Haileybury Rendall School is a community in which staff work together to fulfil the mission to develop high achieving students who are connected globally, to each other and to the communities in which they live and will serve.
Staff standards and qualifications
The following teachers and support staff were employed by Haileybury Rendall School. All teachers are registered with the Teacher Registration Board, NT.
MRS LISA DOYLE
MS LISA CADD
Cert III in Early Child Ed, Cert IV in Ed Support, Dip Ed Teacher Aide (CDU), Dip Education (Transforming Training)
MR CHRISTOPHER CAMPBELL
MRS SOPHIE CARTER
Post Grad Cert Ed (Uni of Buckingham), B Science & PE (Oxford)
MRS WAN-LING CHANG
Grad Dip Ed, B Music (Uni of Adelaide)
MS MALIEN CHENG
BA (National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan), Grad Dip Teaching & Learning (CDU), Dip Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledges (CDU)
MRS MARIA CICCHIELLO
B Ed (Primary & Middle) (Uni SA)
MR TIMOTHY COWEN
B Arts (CDU), Grad Cert ESL (RMIT), Cert IV Ed Supp (Transforming Training)
MRS ELSEE COWLEY
Cert III Early Childhood Ed, Dip Graphic Design
MS ERICA CREDLIN
Cert IV Teacher Aide Studies (Tafe QLD)
Dip of Community Services (Sunraysia Institute)
MRS KIRSTIE CRIBB
Dip of Education (Primary) (Edith University) B Science, Nursing, (Curtin University)
MRS BRONWYN CRUSE
Cert IV Ed Sup (Teacher Aide)
MRS MICHELLE DANCIS
B Teaching (Primary) B Ed (Junior) (Uni SA) Grad Cert Special Ed, M Ed (Specialist Secondary Intervention) (Flinders)
MS DANIELLA DE KOSTER-HILL
M Teaching (Primary) (ACU)
MR BRYCE DELLER
B Arts (ANU), M Teaching (University of Tasmania)
MS KYM DIPROSE
B Primary Ed (Charles Sturt Uni),
M Librarianship (Monash)
MR MATTHEW DOUGLAS
Grad Dip Education (James Cook),
B Business (James Cook)
MRS MARLEY DOWNEY
M Teaching (Melbourne)
B Leisure Man (Griffith), Grad Dip Teaching & Learning (CDU)
MS NADIA DU PLESSIS
B Ed (Uni of Pretoria)
MR NICHOLAS EDDY
B Arts, Master International Relations, Grad Dip Teaching (Victoria University of Wellington NZ)
MS GERALDINE EDAR
B Arts and Youth Studies (Victoria University), Grad Dip (Secondary Ed) (Victoria University)
MR PABLO ESPINOZA
B Engineering Science, Grad Dip Learning and Teaching (USQ)
MR BRENDAN EVANS
B Arts Journalism (RMIT), Grad Dip (Secondary) (ACU)
MS MARIANNE FOSTER
Grad Dip Teaching & Learning (CDU)
MRS SOPHIE FORSTERLING
B Arts (Communications), B Teaching (Secondary) (Charles Sturt)
MRS EMILY FRYER
Grad Dip Ed (Murdoch), B Arts (Deakin)
MR JACK GALBRAITH
MS SAMANTHA GATES
B Arts-Design (Spanish) Dip Lang (French), M Teaching (Secondary) (Melbourne)
MR BROOKE GEORGE
Grad Dip Teaching & Learning (Music) (CDU), B Creative Arts & Industries (Music), (CDU) specialising in Classical Music, Grade 6 Classical Guitar & Theory (Royal Schools of Music, London)
MS ANEETHA GILL
B Sci, Dip Grad Teaching (Flinders)
MS RAELENE GLEN
MR BENJAMIN GRIFFITHS
MRS LAUREN GRIFFITHS
B Ed Early Childhood Teaching (CDU)
MS MINYI GU
B Ed (CDU)
MR ALISTAIR HADLEY
B Outdoor Education (La Trobe)
MS ALLISON HARDING
Cert Early Years Practice (Open University)
MS MANNING HARRICK
Cert IV Allied Health Assistance (RMIT), Dip Early Childhood Education and Care (ACU)
MS ANNA HARRIS
Cert II Business Administration (CDU)
MS REBECCA HARRIS
B Music (Uni of Adelaide)
MS LINDA HARTSKEERL
B Ed (Secondary) Science, B Sci,
M Teaching (Middle and Secondary) (Melbourne)
MS KRISTY HAYES
MR THOMAS HEGGAN
B Ed (Victoria University)
MS KYLIE HENRIKSEN
B Ed (PE) (Uni of Ballarat)
MS SHERRIN HEPWORTH
MR JACOB HILL
B Ed (University of Tasmania)
MS ANNA HIND
B Social Science (University of Adelaide), Grad Dip Ed (University of Adelaide)
MS REBECCA HOLLARD
B Social Work (Flinders University)
MS KITENI HOLT
B Teaching & Learning (CDU)
MS SOPHIA HOUNTALAS
Grad Dip Applied Psychology (CDU), B Arts Psychology (CDU)
MS MARION HOY
B Ed (Primary) (RMIT)
MS YANNI HUANG
Master of Teaching (CDU)
MRS NADINE IVES
MR DARCY JENNER
Under Grad Cert (Cyber Security) (Melb Institute of Technology), Cert IV Computer Systems Tech (CDU)
MR BENJAMIN JOHNS
B Arts (University of Sydney), Grad Dip Teaching & Learning (CD)
MRS POLLY JOHNSTONE
B Visual Arts (Uni SA)
MRS LOUISE JONES
B Ed (RMIT)
MR DAVID KALAF
B Arts-Design (Macquarie), M Teaching (Primary) (ACU)
MRS JASPREET KAUR
Grad Dip Teaching & Learning (CDU), MCA (Banasthali), B Sc (Maths) (RU)
MRS ERICA KELLY
Cert III TA
MRS SHLAGHNIYA KHANNA
B Ed/B Arts (Flinders University), M Ed (Griffiths University)
MR CHRISTIAN KUNDIG
Master International Law & Politics (Uni Canterbury), B Arts, Cert English Language Teaching to Adults
MRS SARAH LADD
Dip Associate Music (AMEB)
MRS AMELIA LAGINIKORO
Cert IV Community Services (Boarding Australia), Post Grad Mental Health Nursing (Fiji School), Dip Nursing (Fiji School)
MR PAUL LAGINIKORO
BA Applied Psychology (Counselling Strand) & Industrial Relations
Management (With NT Skills recognition Cert) (CDU), GCTT Education (with NT Skills recognition Cert) (CDU), Cert IV Community Service (ABSA)
MS MADISON LAMPTON
Cert III Early Education and Care
MRS XOANON LAMBERT
Dip Laboratory Technology (WA), Advanced Dip Science (University of New England)
MS WAI-LING LAW
B Comm (Flinders), B Ed (Middle/ Secondary) (Uni SA)
MS WEIKE LI
M Business (CDU)
MS WING LI
MRS KIRSTEN LESLIE
B Ed (College of Christian High Education)
MS TAHLIA LOWE
Ass Deg of Ed (Deakin)
MRS JASMINE LYNCH
P Grad Diploma Teaching (Melbourne)
MR ANGUS MACLEAN
B Arts (University of Auckland), Grad dip Teaching (Secondary) (Victoria University of Wellington NZ)
MRS MONIBA MALIK
MS JILLIAN MALSEED
Dip Ed Support, Dip Community Services (NT Uni)
MR TIRIVANGANI MAPENDERE
MS ILONA MARTIN
B Teaching (Melbourne), B Music (Melbourne)
MRS LAURA MAU
B Teaching & Learning (CDU)
MS TANYA MAYNARD
MS MADELEINE MCALLISTER
B Ed (Primary) (Federation Uni)
MRS EMMA MCDONALD
B Teaching & Learning/B Arts (CDU), M Ed Lead (ACU)
MR ANDREW MCGREGOR
B Sci (Monash), Dip Ed (Monash), M Ed (Melbourne)
MS JACINTA MCFEE
B Ed (Primary), B Arts (Flinders University)
MR MATTHEW MCKENNA
B Ed (Primary) (CDU), Grad Cert Geography Teaching (Curtin Uni)
MS ACACIA MCLAREN
B Outdoor Leadership (Victoria University)
MS JODI MCLEAN
MS DAHNA MCMAHON
Grad Dip Teaching and Learning (CDU), VET Training and Assessment (Ripponlea Institute)
MRS TAMARA MCMAHON
Cert III Education Support (Transforming Training)
MS ANNE MCMASTER
B Fine Art (Warrnambool Inst of Advanced Ed), Dip of Ed (Art & Textiles) (Hawthorn Inst of Ed), B Visual Art, Honours (First Class) (La Trobe), Master of Fine Art (Monash)
MRS DEBBIE MIDDLETON
Cert IV Training & Assessment
MS ROMY MILLIGAN
Dip Childhood Education & Care
MR GERARD MORGAN
MRS CAITLYN MORRISSEY
Ass Dip Visual Arts (Melb College of Decoration) Cert IV Business Admin and Cert IV Training and Assessment (Gipps Tafe), Grad Cert in Creative Therapies (Indigenous Learning CDU)
MR ERIK MOULDING
MS TE ARANI MUDU
MR LIAM MULCAHY
B Ed (Victoria University)
MR BRENDAN MURRAY
MR LEPANI NABULIWAQA
MR GRAHAME NEWMAN
MR UY NGUYEN
Dip Ed (Secondary) (ACU)
MR DANIEL NICHOLSON
Dip Early Childhood Ed and Care (Rowe Training)
MRS EMMA NICHOLSON
MRS MICHELLE NISCIOLI
MR DENNIS NOWAK
M Leadership Bus and Law (Deakin), Grad Dip Ed (Melbourne), B Arts (Simon Fraser University)
MS SIMONE O’BRIEN
B Ed (Victoria University)
MRS SIMON O’CONNELL
M Teaching (ACU)
MS NATASHA O’KEEFE
MR MATHEUS OLIVEIRA
B Music (Aust Guild of Music Teaching)
MS PHOEBE O’LOUGHLIN
B Ed (Secondary) (Uni of Newcastle)
MS ALANNAH OPPERMANN
Dip Children’s Services
MRS JANKI PARIKH
MRS GERRI PARLETT
MRS YVONNE PASTRIKOS
Cert IV Education Support (CDU)
MRS FELICITY PEARSON
B Arts (Deakin) B Arts/B Teaching (Deakin), Cert IV TAE
MRS WENDY PICKERING-TYERS
B Arts Journalism (RMIT), Grad Dip (Secondary) (ACU)
JINESH JOSEPH PONNASSERIL
B Science, M Science (Mahatma Ghandi University)
MR NATHAN POULTER
B Vis Art (CDU), Grad Dip Ed (CDU), Grad Dip T&L (CDU), Grad Cert Ed (CDU)
B Arts (Secondary) (CDU)
MR DAVID PYE
MS HELEN RAIKKONENMS ALISI
RALULU
MRS KASEY REED
MS ARNIE REYES
B EDEC (CDU)
DR SUSANNAH RITCHIE
B Arts (Melbourne), Grad Dip Teaching (Melbourne), M Teaching (Melbourne), Doctorate Philosophy (La Trobe)
MR JOHN ROBBINS
MR TOM ROBERTSON
MS ELIZABETH ROY
MR HIMESH SANDARADURA
MR EDWIN SAYER
B Ed and B Science (Flinders University)
MS EMILY SENEVIRATNE
B Arts (Deakin), B Teaching (Primary) (Melbourne)
MR LEI SHANGGUAN
M Info Tech (Monash), M Teaching (Monash), Grad Cert Ed (Federation University)
MR JAMES SHAW
MRS MICHELLE SHAW
B Children’s Services (CDU), Dip Children’s Services (CDU), Cert IV Leadership Management (Dovaston Training)
MR MOHAMAD SIDDIG
MISS TIFFANY SPITZER
B Ed (Primary and Secondary) (Monash)
MRS LOUISE STAGGS
B Science (University of WA), Grad Dip Ed (Secondary) (Murdoch), Grad Cert Ed (Literacy) (Edith Cowan)
MS ANNA STAIB
B Ed (James Cook)
MS VICTORIA STASEY
B Arts (Deakin), Grad Dip Ed (Secondary) (Victoria University)
MRS PAIGE STEPHENS
B Ed (University of Tasmania)
MRS JYE STRUGNELL
B Ed (Primary) (University of Tasmania) and M Education (Melbourne)
MS HUMANGI SURTI
B Ed (CDU)
MRS MARK TATTINGHAM
MS JIE TENG
MS REBECCA THOMAS
B Health Science (Victoria University), Grad Dip Ed (Primary) (Monash)
MR ANTHONY THOMSON
Cert IV Community Service (Lasa QLD institute)
MS LYNETTE TILBROOK
MS VICKI TILBROOK
MS ELIZA TOBIN
MRS BELINDA TOURNEUR
MS TINA TRUDGEN
Cert III Business Admin (NT University), Grad Dip Education (Edith Cowen University)
MRS DEBRA TWARTZ
B Education (CDU), Dip Teaching (Primary) (CDU), M Education (Alphacrucis College)
MS DEBORAH UNWIN
B Ed (College of Christian Higher Ed)
MS FRANCESCA UPTON
B Science, M Arts (Teaching Studies) (University of Birmingham)
MS JESSICA VO
B Health & PE (Deakin Uni)
MS ISABELLA WALSH
MS QIAN WANG
MS MIRANDA WATSON
B Arts (Australian National University), M Teaching (Secondary) (ACU)
MS JING WENG
B Ed Early Childhood (CDU)
MRS JACQUI WHARAM
Grad Dip Learning and Teaching (Uni QLD)
MS JANE WHETTERS
B Ed (Primary) (Curtin Uni)
MS BRIGHID WILLIAMS
B Science (Education) (University of Limerick Ireland)
MS BRIANNA WITTE
M Teaching (Deakin)
MRS MIROSLAVA WOOLLEY
B Teaching Early Learning (CDU), Cert IV Training and Assessment
MS APRIL YE
Dip Early Childhood Education (Alan Kaye College), Cert IV Education Support (CDU), Cert III Children’s Services (CDU)
DR KAI ZENG
Dip Teaching (ECU), PhD Engineering (UWA)
Student body
The students at Haileybury Rendall School embrace the School’s high expectations. The student body is made up of both day and boarding students.
Student numbers
On Census Day, 1 August 2025, Haileybury Rendall School had an enrolment of 970 students (Transition to Year 12); this includes 512 girls and 458 boys. This enrolment included 136 Indigenous students. Haileybury Rendall School also had Early Learning Centre enrolments of 70 for a total enrolment of 1,040.
Early learning students
Girls (ELC to Year 12)
Boys (ELC to Year 12)
Students (ELC to Year 12)
Student attendance and retention
Attendance
Attendance is taken each period and electronically recorded. Parents of students who are to be absent are asked to ring reception before school. Parents and guardians of students who have not confirmed their child’s absence by recess are contacted by SMS requesting information. In 2025, the attendance rate was 91%.
Retention
86% of students in Year 12 had attended the School since at least Year 9.
Student outcomes
Academic results 2025 Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE)
Haileybury Rendall School offers the VCE to students in Years 10, 11 and 12.
From 2024, students were able to complete different certificates and pathways in the VCE. This included receiving an ATAR or completing a pathway that was more focused on Applied Learning through the VCE Vocational Major or Victorian Pathways Certificates.
65 Year 12 students successfully completed Year 12 at HRS in 2025.
Of these:
> 58 students completed the VCE in Year 12 and 57 received an ATAR
> One student completed the VCE and did not receive an ATAR – elected an unscored pathway
> The median ATAR score was 86.5
> 40% of students achieved an ATAR of 90 or above
> 63% of students achieved an ATAR of 80 or above
> 100% Year 12 students achieved the VCE
> 7 students completed the VCE Vocational Major
> 10 Indigenous students graduated from HRS with the VCE or VCE VM
> Dux received an ATAR of 99.9
> 3 students received a perfect Study Score of 50
Vocational, Education and Training (VET) Units and Certificates were undertaken in:
> Certificate II in Sport and Recreation
> Certificate II in Tourism
> Certificate II in Workplace Skills (business)
> Certificate II in Construction Pathways
> Certificate II in Aquaculture
> Certificate II Salon Assistant
> Certificate III in Allied Health Assistance (2 years)
The NAPLAN results in 2025 were outstanding. Most areas showed growth in almost all aspects from the 2024 results across all year levels. As shown above, the results were much higher than the Northern Territory averages in all areas. The HRS Primary School was recognised as achieving the best NAPLAN results in the Northern Territory for the fifth consecutive year.
Haileybury Rendall School is committed to providing academic excellence through high quality teaching. The School sets high expectations in all aspects of education and the NAPLAN results are a testament to the leadership and direction of the School.
Finance report
The graphs provided below outline a summary of the School’s 2025 income and expenditure.
