Cumberland High School (Carlingford) - Campus

Campus

Cumberland High is located at 183 Pennant Hills Road, Carlingford, New South Wales.

The site was originally part of portions 100, 101 in the Parish of Field of Mars, County of Cumberland. Portion 101 was granted to William Evans by Lieutenant Governor Francis Grose on 11 April 1794. The grant is described in the Grant Register as "laying and situated at The Ponds adjoining Carver's Farm". Portion 100 was granted to William Butts on 19 November 1794, and described in the Grant Register as "laying and situated in the district of The Ponds".

The site is separated with blocks lettered with a certain letters A Block: (Used for Food Technology and Art on lower floor;Second Floor used for Textiles, History, Computing and Drama) B Block: (Used for Toilets, Gym and Canteen) C Block: (Used for Computing, metalwork and woodwork ) D Block: (Used for the office ; Second Floor used for Music, Language and Geography .) E Block: (Used for English and Science on first floor; Maths and a dedicated Learning Centre on the second floor.) F Block: (Used for the hall ) and G Block: (Used for Science Labs downstairs and Library.

The toilets have undergone significant renovations, and a Gym has been added to B Block as well.

The current principal for Cumberland is Terry Wilson (After the loss of principal S. Rolfe to Heart Attack in 2006).

A number of positive changes have taken place since his appointment including more than $2M spent on new playground surfaces and equipment, rain-water tanks, air-conditioning of the entire school, as well as new computers, an interactive, online classroom and one of the fastest internet connections of any school in NSW.

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