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Comet Bay College - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 32°24′57″S 115°45′50″E / 32.415742°S 115.763931°E

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Comet Bay College
Location

Secret Harbour, Western Australia Australia
Coordinates	32°24′57″S 115°45′50″E / 32.415742°S 115.763931°E / -32.415742; 115.763931
Information
Type	Public co-educational high school
Motto	Seek excellence
Established	2006; 18 years ago (2006)
Educational authority	WA Department of Education
Principal	Kelly Bennett
Years	7–12
Enrolment	1,749^[1] (Semester 1, 2021)
Campus type	Suburban
Colour(s)	navy blue, blue, yellow, white
Website	cometbaycollege.wa.edu.au

Comet Bay College is a public co-educational high school, located in Secret Harbour, 56 kilometres (35 mi) south of Perth, Western Australia. Established in 2006 at the premises now occupied by Comet Bay Primary School, the College moved to its present location south of the primary school in 2007. In 2020 the school for the first time ranked academically within the top ten public secondary schools in the state.^[2]^[3]

History

The college was initially a junior high school accommodating years 8 to 10. The first stage of construction of the school was completed in May/June 2006. In November 2007 the Minister for Education announced that years 11 and 12 would be accommodated in 2008 and 2009 respectively. In 2011 a $20.5 million building program for senior school facilities was completed, including science laboratories, a lecture theatre, trades area and a fitness centre.^[4]

The school consists of a block for each subject, a gymnasium, a library, an oval, a cafeteria, a Performing Arts area, and an Admin area. The school has an Academic Excellence Program - Academic Talent Program (originally called ATP, then SAP-Selective Academic Program, then GATE-Gifted and Talented Education, currently GAT-Gifted and Talented) which produces outstanding students, AFL football and golf development programs, Drama and Visual Arts extension programs, Music programs and a Media extension program.

Fire

On Thursday 8 June 2023, at around 6:30 PM, the Humanities and English Blocks were deliberately set on fire in an arson attack. Year 11 exams which were set to take place the next day were postponed till the Monday, and other students were given the day off on both Friday and Monday due to the damage to the school. The school had demountables installed and moved students in the STEP program to the local Comet Bay Primary. The school had more demountables installed during the Term 3 holidays, so that the VET program students could return in Term 4. The STEP program returned in 2024 at the start of Term 1. It is estimated that the English block will be fully repaired by 2026 due to the extensive damage it suffered.

Catchment area

The school's intake area includes Secret Harbour, Golden Bay, Singleton, Baldivis, Karnup and a small section of southern Port Kennedy. Students from the suburb of Madora Bay have the option of attending Comet Bay College or Mandurah High School.^[5]

References

^ "Alphabetical List of Western Australian Schools" (PDF). WA Department of Education. Perth, WA: Government of Western Australia. 30 September 2021. p. 9. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
^ "WA School Ranking 2020". Better Education Pty Ltd. 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
^ Pilat, Lauren (11 January 2021). "WA's top-performing high schools revealed as students don't let pandemic hold them back". WAToday. Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
^ "Premier hails Comet Bay College". Perth, WA: Dept of the Premier and Cabinet, Government of Western Australia. 11 November 2011. Archived from the original on 30 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
^ "School Education Act 1999 — Declaration of Local Intake Areas for Schools with Secondary Students". Western Australia Government Gazette. 30 December 2005. p. 2005:6893–6894.

External links

Donaldson and Warn page

Public high schools in Western Australia

Perth

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Gascoyne	Carnarvon (K–12)
Goldfields–Esperance	Eastern Goldfields Esperance Kalgoorlie–Boulder
Great Southern	Albany Denmark Katanning Mount Barker (K–12) North Albany
Kimberley	Broome East Kimberley (K–12)
Mid West	Geraldton Champion Bay
Peel	Coastal Lakes Coodanup Halls Head John Tonkin Pinjarra
Pilbara	Hedland Karratha Newman Tom Price
South West	Australind Bridgetown Bunbury Busselton Cape Naturaliste Collie Eaton Harvey Manea (11–12) Manjimup Margaret River Newton Moore
Wheatbelt	Central Midlands Merredin (K–12) Narrogin Northam