Foundation
The school was founded and enrolled its first students in 1984. Under the guidance of the Foundation Headmaster, Mr David Lloyd, 90 students were enrolled in Years 7 and 8, with the first of these to complete their Higher School Certificate in 1988. During 1984, the school moved from temporary facilities in Campbelltown to the 5-acre (20,000 m2) site in Wilson Crescent Narellan, adjacent to St Thomas' Anglican Church. In its first year, the school had five members of staff and one secretary. Mr Riley Warren, was appointed in 1989, just as the school was reaching 500 students. In 1993, 60 students were enrolled in the newly established Junior School, under the leadership of Mr Andrew McPhail.
Rapid growth of the school beyond early expectations confirmed the need for independent school education in the surrounding district. It was soon apparent that more land would be needed and the 120-acre (0.49 km2) site at Cobbitty was purchased. All secondary students and facilities were moved to Cobbitty in 1997 while the Junior School expanded to 400 children at the Narellan Campus. After years of trying to sell the Narellan campus, in order to relocate the Junior School to the Cobbitty campus, it was sold in early 2004. New facilities were built and from July 2005 the whole school was together again at the Cobbitty campus.
In 2009 Macarthur not only marked it's Silver Jubilee it also celebrated the appointment of a new Headmaster, Dr David Nockles.
Today, Macarthur Anglican School provides Christian education for more than 1000 young people of the Macarthur Region, ranging from 4 to 18 years of age.
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