John Curtin College of the Arts

John Curtin College of the Arts
A secondary entrance to the school.
A secondary entrance to the school
Location
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Australia
Coordinates32°02′55″S 115°45′26″E / 32.0487°S 115.7573°E / -32.0487; 115.7573
Information
Typepublic co-educational partially selective high school
MottoLearning for life
Established1956; 68 years ago (1956)
Educational authorityWA Department of Education
PrincipalTravis Vladich[1]
Enrolment1,817 (Semester 1, 2022[2])
Campus typeSuburban
Colour(s)Navy blue and white
Websitewww.jc.wa.edu.au
TypeState Registered Place
Designated23 November 2001
Reference no.15744

John Curtin College of the Arts, originally John Curtin High School, is an independent, public co-educational, partially selective high school, located in East Street, Fremantle, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia.

The school provides a general and specialist education to students from the greater Fremantle area, and intake for gifted and talented arts and soccer programmes from across Western Australia. Currently, John Curtin College of the Arts has gifted and talented programmes in the following disciplines: visual arts, media arts (television and film studies), music, contemporary dance, ballet, drama (acting studies) and musical theatre. As of Semester 1, 2022 the school had 1,817 students.[2]

  1. ^ Travis Vladich held the former Head Of Arts position circa 2020. As of 2022 Vladich temporarily replaced Mitchell Mackay as principal of JCCA. At the close of 2021 Mackay, as requested by the Education Department, took on the role of interim principal at Perth Modern School. "Executive Team". John Curtin College of the Arts. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Alphabetical List of Western Australian Schools" (pdf). Department of Education. Perth, WA: Government of Western Australia. 4 May 2022. p. 17. Retrieved 4 May 2022.