10 reasons to choose Canterbury College

1. Academic Culture: 80% of our students are ATAR eligible for university entry, with 35% of Canterbury graduates achieving a 90 ATAR score or higher.
2. Care Central: Your children can rely on proven wellbeing services with The Resilience Project whole college program, our pastoral care House System, and full physical and mental health support via the Care Central hub – complete with fully certified counsellors, medics and the College Chaplain.
3. Wide Curriculum Subject Range: Starting from Years 5-6 with our Spark Program offering 10+ electives, which continues into Secondary School with 27 subject options for our Year 10 students onwards, guaranteeing something for every child.
4. Huge Co-Curricular Choice: Our students can choose from The Associated Schools competition’s 12 sports; Canterbury’s Swimming, Tennis and Athletics Taipans Sporting Clubs; our multi award-winning Music & Performing Arts Programs featuring 32 music ensembles, 12 dance crews and 4 drama groups; 16 ‘Thought Sports’ – including Robotics, Drone Academy, Chess, Debating, Art, eSports, Gaming, Lego League and the Kitchen Garden; plus Entrepreneurship courses.
5. High Quality Professional Teachers: From our Early Learning Centre, right through the Junior School and at every Secondary School year level, we hire and retain the best educators on the market, to maintain our high Anglican School academic standards, backed by capped class sizes.
6. Leading Campus Facilities: Does your current or prospective school offer the following?
   – A heated 10-lane Olympic-sized lap pool and heated dedicated Learn To Swim undercover pool.
   – 8 x tournament-standard hardcourt tennis courts for student and family use.
   – An ex-Commonwealth Games running track with full athletics facility.
   – 2 Sports Halls, 5 playing fields, outdoor basketball and netball courts, plus indoor and outdoor gyms.
   – A public Yalburru Community Café plus Splash & Smash Sports Centre Café.
   – A major on-campus Events Centre and mid-tier Functions Centre with hospitality students kitchen.
   – A Secondary Library complete with Virtual Reality Digital Hub.
   – A ‘one stop shop’ Care Central facility offering certified medics and student counsellors.
   – An Arts Centre with large theatre and amphitheatre; plus music, dance and recording studios.
   – A fully operational campus Kitchen Garden featuring seasonal student-grown fruit, vegetables and herbs; alongside food, health, environmental and wellbeing studies.
   – An integrated Canterbury OSHC Service with Pre-Kindy, Kindy and Bush Kindy.
   – Ample carparking campus-wide and two handy Uniform Shop locations.
   – Beautiful native bushland gardens and Adventure Playgrounds across 33 hectares.
   – A 10-year progressive Campus Master Plan to keep our buildings and facilities cutting edge.
7. Character Building Education: Outdoor Education Camps from Years 3-11, local Community Service charity works, Student Leadership opportunities and International Cultural Tours.
8. Student Discipline: High student behaviour, attendance and school uniform dress standards within a supportive and respectful environment.
9. Microsoft Showcase School: The highest Microsoft school technology integration accreditation.
10. All-Inclusive Upfront School Fees: Instead of continuous fees and levies charged all year long.

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