Bede Polding College is a co-educational Catholic high school in South Windsor

South Windsor, New South Wales

South Windsor is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The population of South Windsor is 6507 . It is also home of the high school Bede Polding College....

, New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

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 offering education from Year 7 to Year 12. It is a Diocesan high school serving the greater Hawkesbury

City of Hawkesbury

The City of Hawkesbury is a Local Government Area of New South Wales, Australia, part of which is at the fringe of the Sydney metropolitan area, about 50 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district...

 region and the parishes of Windsor

Windsor, New South Wales

Windsor is a town in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Windsor is located in the local government area of the City of Hawkesbury. It sits on the Hawkesbury River, on the north-western outskirts of the Sydney metropolitan area. At the 2006 census, Windsor had a population of...

 and Richmond

Richmond, New South Wales

Richmond is a town in New South Wales, north-west of Sydney, in the Local Government Area of the City of Hawkesbury. It is located at a latitude of 33° 35' 54" South and a longitude of 150°45' 04" east, 19 metres above sea level on the alluvial Hawkesbury River flats, at the foot of the Blue...

. The school opened in 1986 with 110 pupils and a staff of 9. Over the years the College has grown in excess of 1200 pupils and a combined staff of 100. The school's patron is John Bede Polding.

Activities

The school participates in a number of charity days, celebrates Bede Polding Day (which coincides with their walkathon) as well as swimming carnivals and athletics carnivals.