Watawieh and welcome to the Norfolk Island Central School website. We are very proud of our school community and invite you to browse the site to find out more about this unique environment in which we live. Norfolk Island lies 1,676km East North East of Sydney and 960km North West of Auckland. It is 8km long and 5km wide. Approximately 2000 people reside on the island, a mixture of those of Pitcairn descent, Australians, New Zealanders and a small percentage of other nationalities.

Many island families can trace their roots back to the mutineers from HMS Bounty who settled on Pitcairn Island with their Tahitian partners to avoid capture by the British. It is indeed a place rich in glorious, and at times, gory history relating back to previous convict settlements.

Our school is a Central School catering to approximately 320 students from Kindergarten to Year 12. The Norfolk Island Government purchases an educational package from the NSWDET, which includes staff who are recruited under the NSWDET merit selection process.

Norfolk Island Central School has a proud tradition and heritage and both the island government and local community take a keen interest in educational matters. We enjoy wonderful support from our parents, who are active participants in many school programs and initiatives.

The school celebrates its centenary on the current site at Middlegate in 2006, although compulsory education actually began on Norfolk in July 1856, a mere month after the arrival of the Pitcairn Islanders on 6 June. 70 children met in the New Military Barracks on 14 July 1856 to begin lessons with George Hunn Nobbs, the island’s first schoolmaster, and his 2 assistant teachers. We’ve come a long way since then and now have approximately 320 students working with computer technology.

A special thank you must be given to our Marine Studies teacher Simon, who has put our website together so professionally, to his wife Alicia who has been of great help and other staff who have contributed to this project.

Sit back and relax while you wander through our website and perhaps you will gain some insight into why we are so proud of the school and the students at NICS.

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