The Armidale School
| The Armidale School | |
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The main building of The Armidale School, designed by Sir John Sulman in 1892 | |
| Location | |
Armidale, New South Wales Australia | |
| Coordinates | 30°31′13″S 151°40′26″E / 30.52028°S 151.67389°E |
| Information | |
| Former name | New England Proprietary School |
| Type | Independent co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day and boarding school |
| Motto | Latin: Absque Deo Nihil (Without God, Nothing) |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Established | 1894 |
| Educational authority | New South Wales Education Standards Authority |
| Chairman | Mr Sebastian Hempel |
| Principal | Mr Ray Pearson |
| Chaplain | Rev Joanne Benham |
| Employees | ~127 |
| Grades | Early learning and K–12 |
| Enrolment | 682 (2022) |
| Campus type | Regional |
| Colour(s) | Navy blue and straw |
| Slogan | "The One for All," or "Explore, Experience, Excel." |
| Athletics | Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales |
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| Alumni | Old Armidalians |
| Website | www |
The Armidale School (abbreviated as TAS) is an independent Anglican co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day and boarding school, located in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia. Administration of the schools is formalised as a company limited by guarantee that operates under the Corporations Act.
Founded in 1894 as the New England Proprietary School, The Armidale School has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 640 students, including 250 boarders from Years 6 to 12. TAS has classes of students in Preschool (4 years old), Junior School for children in Kindergarten to Year 5 which offers the IB Primary Years Programme, a Middle School for those in Years 6 to 8 and a Senior School from Years 9 to 12 (18 years old). In 1992, The Armidale School became the first school in Australia to provide internet access for its students.
The school is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA), and is one of only three Round Square schools in the state of New South Wales. TAS is also the only member of the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (AAGPS) located outside of the Sydney metropolitan area.