Founding
John Colet School is a multi-faith co-educational infants and primary school which was founded in 1985, in a terrace house in North Sydney, by men and women studying together at the School of Philosophy in Sydney. Since then the demand for places has grown and the school has expanded and moved to a more spacious site, in the peaceful bushland setting of Belrose. The school has now commenced a five-stage program for the further development of facilities.
Then and now
Traditional values and imaginative approach
The school has a strong basis of traditional values, systematic teaching and common-sense discipline. This is combined with an imaginative approach by committed, enthusiastic teachers. The result is an innovative and enjoyable syllabus presented in a stimulating and loving atmosphere.
Who was John Colet?
Born in 1467 and educated at Oxford, John Colet was an important scholar in the Renaissance and a friend of such major figures as Sir Thomas Moore, Erasmus and Marsilio Ficino. He was a priest, whose Oxford lectures on St Paul’s Epistles were based on such a simple and compassionate reading of the text that they became justly famous. As Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral, he used his own wealth to found St Paul’s School in London, which broke new ground in education and was the foundation of the English education system for the next four hundred years. For his piety, simplicity of life and intellectual and moral courage, John Colet was chosen as the patron of our school.
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