Tyndale Christian School, founded in 1983 by Roy Magor, is a coeducation

Coeducation

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al private R-12

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 school located in Salisbury East

Salisbury East, South Australia

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, South Australia

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, Australia

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. The school is named after William Tyndale

William Tyndale

William Tyndale was an English scholar and translator who became a leading figure in Protestant reformism towards the end of his life. He was influenced by the work of Desiderius Erasmus, who made the Greek New Testament available in Europe, and by Martin Luther...

 who translated the Bible

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 into the Early Modern English

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language. Michael Potter is the second and current principal of the school.

History

Tyndale Christian School is named after William Tyndale, one of the early translators of the Bible into English. The school is an independent, non denominational Christian School that commenced in 1983 with 137 students from Reception to Year 7. At the very beginning, the school would borrow spare rooms in the Salisbury Uniting Church and the Salisbury Baptist Church for classes before moving to the sight on London Drive, now the junior and middle schools.

The Founding Principal, Mr. Roy Magor, served the school from 1982 to 1999. By 1987, Tyndale had grown to become an R – 12 School, and by 1999 was servicing 790 students. The current Principal, Mr. Michael Potter, joined Tyndale in 2000, and the school’s enrolments had grown to 850 by 2003.

In October, 2003, Tyndale had entered into an agreement to purchase the building facilities of the former University of South Australia Salisbury Campus that abutted the School’s western boundary, and moved its senior school, Years 10 – 12, into the re-named Senior School Campus in January 2004. Tyndale expanded its enrolment as a result of this acquisition, growing to a total of 1383 by the commencement of Term 1, 2010. This includes;

Junior School (R – 5) 480 students
Middle School (6 – 9) 548 students
Senior School (10 – 12) 355 students

Tyndale is a founding member of Christian Schools Australia (CSA) and a member of The Association of Independent Schools of South Australia (AISSA).

Sub-schools

As of 2010 the school has over 1300 students enrolled to one of three sub-schools:

• Junior School (R-5)
• Middle School (6-9)
• Senior School (10-12)

Prior to 2001 the school had Primary (R-7) and High (8-12) sub-schools.