The Minns Labor Government is highlighting new schools and vital infrastructure upgrades across the growing Wollondilly area to ensure local students have access to world-class public schools with excellent facilities and opportunities.
The school infrastructure Labor is delivering for the area includes brand new schools in Wilton, upgrades at Bowral High School and Picton High School to improve student opportunities and outcomes, and vital maintenance work to ensure existing schools provide a high-quality learning environment.
Bowral High School has recently celebrated the opening of their new industry-standard creative and performing arts centre, dubbed ‘The Theatre’, as part of a commitment to enhance high potential and gifted education (HPGE) opportunities for students.
The state-of-the-art performing arts space provides students opportunities to develop backstage skills, along with public-facing drama, dance, music, debating and movie making opportunities. ‘The Theatre’ is also available for public school students across the Southern Highlands region to use.
As part of the NSW Government’s commitment to provide HPGE opportunities at all NSW public schools, teachers at Bowral High School are receiving targeted training to ensure best use of the new performing arts centre.
The Bowral High School upgrade also includes visual arts and science classrooms, hospitality facilities fitted out to industry standard, wood and metal work rooms.
At Picton High School, a recent upgrade has transformed unworkable learning spaces delivered under the failed open-plan learning experiment of the former Liberal National government into 26 state-of-the-art classrooms, as well as seven new staff and seminar rooms.
Construction is also underway on the new high school, public primary school and public preschool for the growing community of Wilton, with all three set to open Day 1, Term 1, 2027.
In addition to the new and upgraded schools, there are currently more than 15 maintenance and minor works projects underway in Wollondilly’s existing public schools to ensure students have a great environment to learn in.
The projects are part of the Minns Labor Government’s record $9 billion investment in new and upgraded schools.
Students in Wollondilly are also benefiting from more teachers in the classroom with local schools starting the year with 66.6% fewer vacancies compared to peak of the teacher shortage crisis overseen by the former Liberal National Government.
