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, located on Seville Drive in the suburb of Seville Grove near Armadale, part of the metropolitan area of
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, Western Australia. Formerly known as West Armadale High School and Cecil Andrews Senior High School, it was established in 1980 and caters to students from
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Overview

The school is named after Cecil Rollo Payton Andrews, an Inspector General of Schools in Western Australia from 1903 to 1912 and Director of Education of the WA Department of Education from 1912 to 1930. The school was renamed in Andrews' honour through the efforts of its foundation principal, Howard Rintoul. Richard Hunter was the principal until 2013 when Stella (Ballae) Jinman became principal until 2024, wher
Mario Tufilli
took lead. The school changed its name from ''Cecil Andrews Senior High School'' to ''Cecil Andrews College'' in 2017.


See also

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List of schools in the Perth metropolitan area This is a list of schools in the city of Perth, Western Australia. The Western Australian education system traditionally consists of primary schools, which accommodate students from Kindergarten to Year 6, and high schools, which accommodate st ...


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Cecil Andrews College
{{Authority control Educational institutions established in 1980 Public high schools in Perth, Western Australia 1980 establishments in Australia