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Pembroke School | |
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Location | |
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Coordinates | 34°55′19″S 138°39′18″E / 34.92194°S 138.65500°E |
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Type | Independent, co-educational, day and boarding |
Motto | Latin: Ex Unitate Vires (Out of Unity, Strength) |
Denomination | Non-denominational |
Established | 1915 (Girton Girls' School) 1923 (King's College) 1974 (amalgamation) |
Chairperson | Jane Miller |
Principal | Mark Staker |
Employees | ~153[2] |
Enrolment | ~1,545 (ELC–12)[1] |
Colour(s) | Royal blue, green & gold |
Affiliation | |
Website | pembroke.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).