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28-609: It provides education for children aged 1 year up to 18 years, and to date has around 80,000 students globally, across 111 schools in 24 countries. Inspired Education Group was founded in 2013 by Nadim M. Nsouli, a businessman and co-founder of Lyla Nsouli Foundation for Children's Brain Cancer, when his group acquired Reddam House in South Africa . Since 2013, Reddam House has acquired and constructed nine schools in South Africa, along with

56-449: A HSC exam and they cannot contribute to the calculation of a student's ATAR. Before they can be taught, they must be endorsed by NESA and follow NESA's rules regarding BEC courses. There are four types of Board Endorsed Courses: For most board developed courses, a student's final mark in each subject is determined by a combination of in-school assessments conducted throughout the HSC component of

84-636: A student has not studied the language in Year 9 due to not being able to, exemption may be granted to study Continuers based on cultural heritage and fluency. The School of Languages usually only does this, home school enrolments into these courses usually require the Year 9 prerequisite to attempt them. Where the provision for language learning does not exist at the home school, the NSW School of Languages in Petersham offers all languages examinable by NESA. The below list

112-414: A wide range of subject areas. However, schools have control over the courses that they offer students, from which they must choose. The only compulsory subject area is English, with one of English Advanced, English Standard, English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D), or English Studies required for the award of the HSC. Individual schools may require their students to undertake certain courses, as

140-488: Is all the languages offered by NESA that were offered in the 2023 Higher School Certificate: In addition, some VET (Vocational Education and Training) courses are offered. In addition to HSC credit, completion of these courses may earn an industry Certificate II. There are 13 Board Developed Courses (BDC) and 106 Board Endorsed courses (BEC). Board Developed Courses: Board Endorsed Courses: For students who may have intellectual disabilities or struggle with

168-490: Is designated as either one or two "units". Each unit of study involves 60 hours of indicative time in each of the preliminary and HSC courses. 10 units is the minimum number of units required; however, students can attempt more should they choose. To be eligible for the award of the HSC a student must have: Some courses have certain rules and prerequisites such as: Further restrictions may apply in certain subject areas. Further requirements regarding study patterns apply if

196-418: Is the case with Studies of Religion in many religious schools or Agriculture in agricultural schools, however, these are internal school requirements separate from HSC requirements. Most courses offered comprise a preliminary (typically Year 11) component and a HSC (typically Year 12) component. As a general rule, the preliminary component must be completed prior to the HSC component. Furthermore, each subject

224-558: Is the credential awarded to secondary school students who successfully complete senior high school level studies (Years 10, 11 and 12 or equivalent) in New South Wales and some ACT schools in Australia , as well as some international schools in Singapore , Malaysia , Indonesia , China , and Papua New Guinea . It was first introduced in 1967, and is currently developed and managed by

252-442: Is then calculated from the best 2 units of English and the best 8 units from your remaining units, which can include no more than 2 units of Category B courses. The ATAR is then used for admission to universities across Australia. Furthermore, whenever a student has completed a board developed course, they also receive feedback regarding their results in that course, which typically includes exam results, school assessment results and

280-434: Is then used to statistically moderate in-school assessment results between different schools before calculating the student's final mark in the subject, typically out of 100 for 2-unit courses and out of 50 for 1-unit courses. For most board endorsed courses, the assessment is administered by the school and does not have an associated HSC exam. Depending on the requirement of the course, an unmoderated mark will be awarded, or

308-517: The NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA). The majority of students undertake HSC-related courses over the final two years of high school, though it is possible to undertake different study patterns over different time periods or through different teaching organisations. To be eligible for the HSC, students must: There are a large number of possible courses that students can study, totalling over 100 (including languages), in

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336-505: The Crawford family. In Cape Town , South Africa Reddam Atlantic Seaboard and Reddam Constantia were started by Sheena Crawford-Kempster. In Johannesburg, South Africa Reddam, Bedfordview (Main Campus and BCC Campus) were started by Robert Crawford and Dalene Quayle. South Africa United Kingdom Higher School Certificate (New South Wales) The Higher School Certificate ( HSC )

364-659: The English courses available to study: The following is a list of elective Board Developed Courses currently available to students. HSIE (Human Society and Its Environment): Mathematics: Science: TAS (Technological and Applied Studies): Creative Arts: PDHPE (Personal Development, Health and Physical Education): Content Endorsed Courses (CEC) fall under Board Endorsed Courses. Languages are also offered as Beginners, Continuers, Extension, Background Speakers and recently, Heritage courses. Only one course of any one language may be taken, with

392-683: The HSC: Board Developed Courses and Board Endorsed Courses. Board Developed Courses (BDCs), also known as HSC courses, have a syllabus and final exam set by NESA and may contribute to the calculation of the ATAR. They are the most common type of course in NSW and are inclusive of Life Skills courses and VET Industry Curriculum Framework courses. Board Endorsed Courses (BECs) are developed outside of NESA (such as TAFE ) and may vary from school to school in regard to content and assessment. They do not have

420-526: The Inspired's “flagship school,” Reddam House Berkshire , near Wokingham, England . In 2015 the school grounds in Winnersh were taken over from Bearwood College . Nsouli, the founder, CEO and Chairman , has worked as a lawyer and as an investment banker, and has led the group since its founding. The group's strategy has been described as " buy and build ", involving the purchase of existing schools, as well as

448-1058: The building of new schools. It has offices in London , Milan , Auckland , Bogotá , Johannesburg , and Dubai . Schools in other European countries that form part of the Inspired group include St. George's International School , Switzerland, St. John's International School , Belgium, St. Louis School , Italy, and Sotogrande International School , Spain. In the Middle East , the group has acquired British School of Bahrain . Inspired's Latin American schools include Blue Valley School , Costa Rica, Colegio San Mateo , Colombia, and Cambridge College Lima , Peru. By 2017, Inspired operated more than 30 schools, and as of 2018 educated over 35,000 students in 46 schools. Inspired acquired part of New Zealand's biggest private-education provider ACG Education ’s schools division in 2018 from Pacific Equity Partners for approximately NZ$ 500 million. In 2020, Inspired

476-606: The course (constituting 50% of their HSC mark) and an externally administered final exam, typically held in October or November of that year (constituting 50% of their HSC mark). For in-school assessments, schools prepare and run an assessment program for each course, in line with NESA requirements such as which course components are assessed and how they are weighted in the assessment. Schools are responsible for setting assessment tasks such as exams, assignments, fieldwork or practical activities, as well as deciding due dates. The external exam

504-585: The course will be marked as completed. Upon successful completion of a satisfactory pattern of study, students are awarded the Higher School Certificate by way of a testamur . NESA provides the results of all student results to the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) to calculate an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) based on their HSC performance (separate from NESA). To be eligible for an ATAR, students must: The ATAR

532-793: The current Bondi campus . The school grew quickly and a new campus at Woollahra , near Bondi Junction railway station , was opened in 2003. The new Woollahra Campus enabled the opening of the Reddam House Primary School (Years K to 6) and the restructuring of the High School into a High School (Woollahra) and a Senior School (Bondi). The Woollahra campus is also home to the Early Learning School, accepting children from one year of age. The Reddam House Bondi campus hosts Years 10, 11 and 12. The Woollahra Campus hosts preschool to Year 9. Reddam also has brother schools started by members of

560-712: The exception of Extension, available only to students taking the Continuers course. Due to the large number of language courses, they have been listed separately. The letters B (beginners), C (continuers), E (extension), BS (background speakers), H (heritage) indicate which courses are available for study. From 2017, background speakers and heritage courses were renamed to In Context and Literature, affecting Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese and Korean students in those courses. Continuers refers to languages that were studied in Year 9 and will be continued in Years 10, 11 and 12. In some cases, where

588-610: The new name King's InterHigh. In May 2022, Stonepeak , a US private equity company, invested €1bn in exchange for a minority stake in Inspired. In 2023, Inspired acquired Alpha Plus Group, which included schools such as Wetherby School and Pembridge Hall. Reddam House Reddam House Sydney is an independent , co-educational , non-denominational , day school , located in Woollahra (preschool to Year 9) and North Bondi (Years 10 to 12), both Eastern Suburbs of Sydney , New South Wales , Australia . In 2019 Reddam House

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616-460: The performance band in which their performance lies. Each band represents a particular range of marks. For 2 unit courses: For extension courses: Students who achieve high marks are celebrated on HSC merit lists. The four types of merit lists are: There are two main types of courses available in the HSC: Board Developed Courses and Board Endorsed Courses. Being the only mandatory course for HSC, for English, students must choose between one of

644-419: The standard course, there are options. The eligibility is limited. The following courses have a Life Skills choice: A major HSC Syllabus reform was executed in 2019. The "new" syllabus involved the addition of "Science Extension" and "Investigating Science" as new courses. These courses were made available to students that commenced teaching in October 2018 for the cohort of 2019. The course "Senior Science"

672-473: The state average, received "special consideration" in the 2006 HSC. Reddam House has also received media attention for being the only non-selective school to achieve a top 10 ranking in the Higher School Certificate of 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022. In the 2022 and 2023 HSC, Reddam ranked at 5th overall, its highest ever ranking. Reddam House started as a Years 7 to 11 school in 2001 at

700-537: The student wishes to apply for a separate Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) based on their HSC performance. If they do, their final ATAR mark is calculated using their best 2 units of English and 8 best other units. Extension courses, each with a value of one unit, may be included in the study program, meaning that a certain subject area may have up to four units, e.g. English (Advanced) (two units) plus English Extension 1 and English Extension 2 (each worth one unit). There are two main types of courses available in

728-651: Was acquired by Inspired Education Group , an international provider of for-profit schools. It subsequently switched to for-profit status and now receives no government funding. The school was originally launched in Sydney by Graeme Crawford in June 2000, who had founded Crawford College, South Africa in 1992. It was established following a major renovation at the previous Taylors College in North Bondi. The school attracted media attention with reports 36 percent of students, six times

756-481: Was described as "the world's largest premium education provider," with 64 schools spread across five continents. In addition to several investments from firms such as Oakley Capital and TA Associates. In May 2021, Inspired acquired Wey Education PLC, which had two online education brands, InterHigh and Academy21. Inspired-owned online schools, InterHigh and King's College Online merged in November 2021, relaunching under

784-523: Was discontinued as of October 2018. The reformed syllabus involved changes that are a move towards compulsory English, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Investigating Science and Extension Science in the future. Changes introduced to compulsory English discontinued the field of study "Discovery" as NESA discovered students would simply hire and pay off third party tutoring companies and/or private tutors in order to completely memorise and regurgitate essay information, in turn causing an imbalance in advantage towards

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