Pembroke School, Adelaide

For other schools of the same name, see Pembroke School (disambiguation).

Pembroke School
Location
Map
Kensington Park
,
South Australia

Australia
Coordinates34°55′19″S 138°39′18″E / 34.92194°S 138.65500°E / -34.92194; 138.65500
Information
TypeIndependent, co-educational, day and boarding
MottoLatin: Ex Unitate Vires
(Out of Unity, Strength)
DenominationNon-denominational
Established1915 (Girton Girls' School)
1923 (King's College)
1974 (amalgamation)
ChairpersonJane Miller
PrincipalMark Staker
Employees~153[2]
Enrolment~1,545 (ELC–12)[1]
Colour(s)Royal blue, green & gold
     
Affiliation
Websitepembroke.sa.edu.au

Pembroke School is an Australian independent co-educational and non-denominational day and boarding school located in Kensington Park, a suburb 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) east of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It was founded in 1974 as an amalgamation of King's College, a boys' school, and the Girton Girls' School.[3]

The school is on two campuses catering for approximately 1700 students from the Early Learning Centre (ELC) to Year 12, including up to 125 boarders in Years 7 to 12.[4] Pembroke provides specialist education for a small number of hearing-impaired students, with the school's "Hearing Unit".[5]

Pembroke School is affiliated with the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference,[6] the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[7] the Association of Independent Schools of South Australia,[8] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA),[9] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),[10] and is a member of the Independent Schools Sport Association (ISSA).

  1. ^ "Pastoral Care". Pembroke School. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
  2. ^ "Annual Report 2006" (PDF). Pembroke School. 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2007. [dead link]
  3. ^ "Our School". Pembroke School. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Pembroke School". South Australia Central. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
  5. ^ "Hearing Unit". Pembroke School. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
  6. ^ "International Members". HMC Schools. The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. Archived from the original on 15 March 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2008.
  7. ^ "AHISA Schools: South Australia". Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. April 2007. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
  8. ^ "Pembroke School Inc". Association of Independent Schools of South Australia. 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2007. [dead link]
  9. ^ "Pembroke School". Australian Boarding Schools' Association. 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2007. [dead link]
  10. ^ "JSHAA South Australia Directory of Members". Junior School Heads' Association of Australia. 2007. Archived from the original on 6 April 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2007.