2024 Statutory Report
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 2024 remained constant at around 1,020 students. The School includes:
> an Early Learning Centre of around 70 three-year-old and four-year-old students,
> a Junior School with two classes at each level from Transition to Year 3, and 3 classes in Years 4, 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 220 students from Years 10–12.
Haileybury Rendall School is proud of being recognised as a Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Education. Approximately 15% of students at the School in 2024 were from Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander backgrounds.
Haileybury Rendall School is also a boarding school. In 2024 there were up to 100 boarders living at the School. Most of these students were Indigenous and came
from remote or very remote communities across the north of Australia. The boarding school also housed international students with students from Singapore, Vietnam and China enrolled. The School welcomes domestic boarders from across Australia. The boarding population comprises approximately 10% of the School population.
Haileybury Rendall School is proud of its affiliation with Haileybury Melbourne where there are five different campuses with over 4,800 students in 2024. This includes Pangea, our online school, with registered students from the Northern Territory and Victoria. Haileybury also operates a campus in China. There are strong connections between staff and students from Darwin and Melbourne. The schools share a common curriculum which is partly why Haileybury Rendall School is the only Northern Territory School that runs the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) through 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 2024, Haileybury Rendall School (HRS) celebrated its seventh year of operation, achieving significant milestones. The school experienced continuous growth in enrolments, starting the year with approximately 1,020 students, including 100 boarding students. The Junior School saw particularly notable growth, with two classes at each level from Transition to Year 3, and a first-time addition of three classes in Years 4, 5 and 6. As student numbers increase throughout the school, both the Middle School and, particularly, the Senior School are also experiencing growth.
The School continued to promote academic excellence, foster student wellbeing across all levels, and prioritise staff professional and leadership development. Our ongoing efforts to establish ourselves as a recognised Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Education continued. It was a source of pride that 15 Indigenous students completed their Year 12 education at HRS in 2024, showcasing our commitment to retention rates and our contribution to narrowing educational disparities through ‘closing the gap.’
A further growth in academic results was shown in NAPLAN 2024 online testing. HRS was recognised as the top-performing NAPLAN primary school in the Northern Territory for the fourth 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.
We witnessed commendable VCE results and ATAR scores, which follows on a pattern of impressive outcomes over the past four years. For 2024, 26% of our Year 12 VCE students achieved ATAR scores of 90 or above, and approximately 50% achieved scores surpassing an ATAR of 80. These outcomes serve as a clear validation of the School’s academic environment, the dedication of our students, and the commitment and calibre of our passionate educators.
Haileybury Rendall School continues to build its reputation in the Northern Territory with the aim of being 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 and for Best School Wellbeing Program in 2024 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)
Mr Harry Hildebrand
Director of Boarding
B Sci (Monash), Dip Ed (Monash)
Mrs Kylie Mobilia
Head of Senior School
D Ed Social Sci (La Trobe), M Ed Student Wellbeing (Melbourne), B Arts (La Trobe)
Ms Felicity Pearson
Deputy Principal
B Arts (Deakin) B Arts/B Teach (Deakin), Cert IV TAE
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)
Under the leadership of Principal, Mr Andrew McGregor, the 2024 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)
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)
Mrs Wendy Pickering-Tyers
Deputy Principal –Wellbeing
B Arts Journalism (RMIT), Grad Dip Secondary Education (ACU)
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
Human resources
MS CELESTE ALWARD-MARTIN
MRS KAREN ARCHIBALD
MRS SAFFRON ARMAND
B Teaching (CDU)
MS STEPHANIE ARNOLD
MS VENITA ASANUMA
MS NGAIRE AUKINO
MR ANTHONY AYRES
Cert IV Youth Work
MRS PAMELA AYRES
Cert IV Youth Work, Cert Res Care (ACU)
MR ROBERT BARKER
Dip Ed (La Trobe), Dip Fine Art
MR DOUGLAS BENDER
B Comm (UNSW), Grad Dip Accounting (La Trobe), Grad Dip Teaching & Learn
MR CONOR BOWDEN
Masters of Teachers (Swinburne University)
MS ALANA BRATBY
B Ed (Sydney), Cert III Fitness (Aust College of Phys Ed)
MRS TINEALE BROWNE
MRS FIONA BUGDEN
Dip Children’s Services (centre based care) (Macleay College)
MRS ETHEL BURROW
B Ed and B Arts (Flinders University)
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
MS CHAVONNE CARROLL
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
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 MATTHEW DOUGLAS
Grad Dip Education (James Cook), B Business (James Cook)
MRS JODIE DOYLE
MRS LISA DOYLE
B Leisure Man (Griffith), Grad Dip T&L (CDU)
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.
MS KYM DIPROSE
Master Librarianship, B Primary Education Studies (Charles Sturt Uni)
MS NADIA DU PLESSIS
B Ed (Uni of Pretoria)
MR NICHOLAS EDDY
B Arts, Master International Relations, Grad Dip Teaching (Vic Uni Wellington NZ)
MS GERALDINE EDAR
B Arts and Youth Studies (Victoria University)
MR BRENDAN EVANS
B Arts Journalism (RMIT), Grad Dip (Secondary) (ACU)
MR JOSIAH FARRER
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 PEARL GARTSIDE
B Ed (Primary) (Uni Tasmania)
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)
MRS CHRISTINE COLLINS
M of Education (Flinders University)
MRS MARLEY DOWNEY
M Ed (Melbourne)
MR CONSTANTIN GERASIMON
B Outdoor Ed, B Sc (Psychology) (La Trobe)
MESSE GILDER
Cert III Ed Support, Cert III Early Childhood Ed (NT Christian Schools)
MS ANEETHA GILL
B Sci, Dip Grad Teaching (Flinders)
MS MINYI GU
B Ed (CDU)
MR SAMEER GODARA
M Teaching (CDU)
MR CRAIG GREENWOOD
B Arts/Humanities/Business and B Education (Uni of Plymouth)
MR ALISTAIR HADLEY
B Outdoor Education (La Trobe)
MS KATE HAIGH
B Ed (James Cook), M Ed (Melbourne)
MS BONNIE HAMMERSCHMIDT
Master Social Work, B Criminal Justice (Charles Sturt Uni)
MS MELISSA HARDING
M Psychology (QLD Uni of Technology),
B Psychological Science (UQ)
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
MS KYLIE HENRIKSON
B Ed (PE) (Uni of Ballarat)
MS SHERRIN HEPWORTH
MR JACOB HILL
B Ed (Uni Tasmania)
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
MS JENCY JACOB
B Information Technology (Anna Uni India)
MRS PILAR JADUE
Dip Ed (Chile), BTLBA Teaching & Learning / B Arts (CDU)
MR DARCY JENNER
Under Grad Cert (Cyber Security) (Melb Institute of Technology), Cert IV Computer Systems Tech (CDU)
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
MR CHRISTIAN KUNDIG
Master International Law & Politics (Uni Canterbury), B Arts, Cert English Language Teaching to Adults
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)
MRS XOANON LAMBERT
MS WAI-LING LAW
B Comm (Flinders), B Ed (Middle/ Secondary) (Uni SA)
MS WEIKE LI
M Business (CDU)
MS WING LI
MR DANE LINK
MRS DEE LITTLE
Grad Dip Ed (Primary), B Economics, B Arts, B Marine Science (Uni of WA)
MS TAHLIA LOWE
Ass Deg of Ed (Deakin)
MRS JASMINE LYNCH
P Grad Diploma Teaching (Melbourne)
MS JILLIAN MALSEED
Dip Ed Support, Dip Community Services (NT Uni)
MR TIRIVANGANI MAPENDERE
MS LATISHA MARRANYTYA
MS ILONA MARTIN
Cert III Ed Support (TAFE NSW)
MRS LAURA MAU
B Teaching & Learning (CDU)
MS MADELEINE MCALLISTER
B Ed (Primary) (Federation Unit)
MS MEGAN MCDERMOTT
B Primary Education (QTS)
MR ANDREW MCGREGOR
B Sci (Monash), Dip Ed (Monash), M Ed (Melbourne)
MR MATTHEW MCKENNA
B Ed (Primary) (CDU), Grad Cert Geography Teaching (Curtin Uni)
MS JODI MCLEAN
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)
MR JOSEPH MEDLYN
Dip Teaching (Federation Uni) B Ed (Primary) (Monash)
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)
MRS DEBBIE MIDDLETON Cert IV Training & Assessment
MS ROMY MILLIGAN
Dip Childhood Education & Care
MS DAN MU
M Teaching (CDU)
MS TE ARANI MUDU
MR JAMES MURPHY
B Education (Victoria University)
MR BRENDAN MURRAY
MR LEPANI NABULIWAQA
MR UY NGUYEN
Dip Ed (Secondary) (ACU)
MR DANIEL NICHOLSON
MRS EMMA NICHOLSON
MS JACQUELINE NOLAN
B Ed (Victoria University)
MR DENNIS NOWAK
M Leadership Bus and Law (Deakin), Grad Dip Ed (Melbourne), B Arts (Simon Fraser University)
MS NATASHA O’KEEFE
MR MATHEUS OLIVEIRA
B Music (Aust Guild of Music Teaching)
MS PHOEBE O’LOUGHLIN
B Ed (Secondary) (Uni of Newcastle)
MRS JANKI PARIKH
MRS GERRI PARTLETT
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)
MR NATHAN POULTER
B Vis Art (CDU), Grad Dip Ed (CDU), Grad Dip T&L (CDU), Grad Cert Ed (CDU) B Arts (Secondary) (CDU)
MRS YVONNE PASTRIKOS
Cert IV Education Support (CDU)
MRS JULIE RALPH-FLINT
Registered Nurse, BA Health Science of Nursing (Southern Cross)
MS 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
MS YASMIN RUTAI
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)
MS EVELYN SHEERIN
MR ASAD SHEMUL
MR MOHAMED SIDDEL
MR JAMIE SKEEHAN
Post Grad Education (Brunel University)
MR CORY SKILTON
Master Education, B Arts, B Ed (Federation Uni)
MRS LEISHA SKILTON
B Ed (Federation Uni)
MR IAN SMITH
B Ed (Flinders)
MS ANNA STAIB
B Ed (Primary) (James Cook Uni)
MS VICTORIA STASEY
B Arts (Psychology) (Deakin) Grad Dip
Teaching (Secondary) (Vic University)
MS JYE STRUGNELL
B Ed (Primary) (Uni Tasmania), Grad Cert Autism Studies (Griffith University)
MR MITCHEL TAYLOR
MS JIE TENG
B Music Ed (Tianjin Conservatory of Music), M Musicology (Tianjin Conservatory of Music)
MS REBECCA THOMAS
B Health Science (Monash)
MR REMO THOMAS
BBA, MBA Cert IV Youth Work
MR ANTHONY THOMSON
Cert IV Youth Work
MRS LYNETTE TILBROOK
MS TINA TRUDGEN
Grad Dip Ed (Edith Cowan Uni), Cert III Business (NT Uni)
MRS DEBRA TWARTZ
M of Education (Apacrucis College) Dip Teaching (CDU)
MS DEBORAH UNWIN
B Ed (College of Christian Higher Ed)
MS JESSICA VO
B Health & PE (Deakin Uni)
MR VANAVASA VONO
B Ed (ECE) (Uni Tasmania)
MRS KELERA WAQA
MR MALAKAI WAQA
MS BRIONY WATSON
Grad Cert Ed, B Teaching & Learning, B Teaching (Primary)
MS JANE WHETTERS
B Ed (Primary) (Curtin Uni)
MS APRIL YE
D 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, 2 August 2024, Haileybury Rendall School had an enrolment of 952 students (Transition to Year 12); this includes 521 girls and 431 boys. This enrolment included 132 Indigenous students. Haileybury Rendall School also had Early Learning Centre enrolments of 71 for a total enrolment of 1,023.
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 of students who have not confirmed their child’s absence by recess are contacted by SMS requesting information. In 2024, the attendance rate was 90.6%.
Retention
Girls (ELC to Year 12)
Boys (ELC to Year 12) 461
Students (ELC to Year 12) 1,023
82% of students in Year 12 had attended the School since at least Year 9.
Student outcomes
Academic results 2024 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 newly structured 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.
56 Year 12 students successfully completed Year 12 at HRS in 2024.
Of these:
> 43 students completed the VCE in Year 12 and received an ATAR
> The median ATAR score was 79
> 26% of students achieved an ATAR of 90 or above
> 47% of students achieved an ATAR of 80 or above
> 100% pass rate
> 13 students completed an Applied Learning pathway within the VCE
> 15 Indigenous students graduated from HRS.
Vocational, Education and Training (VET) Units and Certificates were undertaken in:
> Certificate I in Automotive
> Certificate II in Automotive
> Certificate II in Maritime Operations
> Certificate II in Sport and Recreation
> Certificate II in Construction Pathways
> Certificate II in Electrotechnology
> Certificate II in Music (SOA)
> Certificate II in Workplace Skills (business)
> Certificate III in Allied Health Assistance (2 years)
> Certificate III in School Based Education Support
NAPLAN
The NAPLAN results in 2024 were outstanding. Most areas showed growth in almost all aspects from the 2023 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 fourth 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 2024 income and expenditure.
