Cromer Campus Explained

Cromer Campus
Former Name:	Cromer High School
Established:
District:	Northern Beaches
Country:	Australia
Grades Label:	Years
Principal:	Justin Hong
Enrolment:	1072
Enrolment As Of:	2023
Colours:	Black and red
Coordinates:	-33.7375°N 151.2836°W
Pushpin Map:	Australia Sydney#New South Wales#Australia
Pushpin Mapsize:	250
Pushpin Label:	Cromer Campus (NBSC)
Pushpin Label Position:	left
Module:	Stroke-Colour: C60C30 Stroke-Width: 3 Marker: school Marker-Colour: 1F2F57 Zoom: 13

The Cromer Campus of the Northern Beaches Secondary College is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in, a suburb on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1976 as Cromer High School, the campus caters for approximately 1072 students from Year 7 to Year 12. The school is operated by the New South Wales Department of Education; the principal is Justin Hong.

Facilities

The school provides services for students such as extension classes for gifted students and talented programs catering for higher ability students. Cromer Campus also provides a gymnasium, networked IT lab, drama and art studios as well as large playing fields, netball courts and basketball courts.^[1]

Sexual abuse claims and murder investigations

Sexual abuse claims about both male and female teachers grooming and having sexual relationships with students during the 1980s came to light as part of The Teacher's Pet podcast into the disappearance of Lynette Dawson. In August 2022, Physical Education teacher Chris Dawson was convicted of the murder of Lynette Dawson, his former wife.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Several teachers at Cromer and other northern beaches schools were identified by former children as grooming students.^{[6] [7]} Peter Wayne Scott, a former teacher, was found guilty in 2014 of homosexual sex with a minor, indecent assault, and providing a stupefying drug for the purpose of having homosexual sex with a minor from his activities at the school between 1984 and 1986.^[8]

Notable alumni

• Michael Caruso, racing driver
• Adam Cullen, artist
• Lisa Forrest, Commonwealth Games dual gold medalist in swimming
• George Smith, rugby union player

See also

• List of government schools in New South Wales
• Education in Australia

Notes and References

1. Web site: Principal's welcome . Cromer Campus . . n.d. . 7 July 2019 .
2. Web site: Chris Dawson from Teacher's Pet podcast arrested by Homicide Squad. 2018-12-05. ABC News. 5 December 2018.
3. News: Chris Dawson arrested and expected to be charged with murder of Lyn Dawson . Michael . McGowan . 4 December 2018 . The Guardian . 22 February 2019.
4. Web site: Chris Dawson found guilty of murdering wife Lynette in Sydney 40 years ago . . 30 August 2022 .
5. Web site: The Teacher's Pet podcast: Husband guilty of murder in four decade-old Australian cold case . . 30 August 2022 .
6. Web site: Police alert to claims pack of teachers in 1980s preyed on Sydney schoolgirls. 27 June 2018. 24 October 2018. 9 News. msn.
7. Web site: Cromer High students recall teachers, sex and drugs. Murray, David . . 21 July 2018 . 24 October 2018 .
8. Web site: Drugs were a smokescreen to haze of abuse by Cromer High School teacher. Bibby, Paul. 13 April 2014. 24 October 2018. The Sydney Morning Herald.