Terra Sancta College
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Terra Sancta College is a dual campus co-educational, systemic Catholic
, day school
located in Quakers Hill
& Schofields
, North
Western Suburbs
of Sydney, New South Wales
, Australia
.
Founded in 1996, the college
is a school of the Diocese of Parramatta. It was founded as a result of the need identified by the local parish communities to establish a Catholic secondary school to serve the local parish communities and established Catholic primary school of Mary Immaculate.
The amalgamation of the Schofields and Nirimba campuses took place in mid 1997, allowing Terra Sancta College to provide a continuous education for Years 7 to 12.
The school completed the vast majority of its building program in 2006 and now exists as a fully functional well resourced dual campus school. It offers a very broad education that reflects the academic, social, physical and spiritual needs and interests of students.
Roman Catholic Church
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, day school
Day school
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located in Quakers Hill
Quakers Hill, New South Wales
Quakers Hill is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Quakers Hill is located 40 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Blacktown. Quakers Hill is part of the Greater Western Sydney...
& Schofields
Schofields, New South Wales
Schofields is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Schofields is located 45 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Blacktown...
, North
Hills District (Sydney)
Hills District or The Hills is a general term for the north-western suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Hills District is also referred to as The Sydney Hills and The Hills Shire...
Western Suburbs
Greater Western Sydney
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of Sydney, New South Wales
New South Wales
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, Australia
Australia
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.
Founded in 1996, the college
College
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is a school of the Diocese of Parramatta. It was founded as a result of the need identified by the local parish communities to establish a Catholic secondary school to serve the local parish communities and established Catholic primary school of Mary Immaculate.
The amalgamation of the Schofields and Nirimba campuses took place in mid 1997, allowing Terra Sancta College to provide a continuous education for Years 7 to 12.
The school completed the vast majority of its building program in 2006 and now exists as a fully functional well resourced dual campus school. It offers a very broad education that reflects the academic, social, physical and spiritual needs and interests of students.