There’s going to be a lot of these sod turning ceremonies for education minister Prue Car (left) and Premier Chris Minns (right), because South Western Sydney has been slated to get three new high schools and two new primary schools from a four year, $3.5 billion State Government initiative.
Two new primary school in Gregory Hills and Liverpool, and three high schools for Gledswood Hills/Gregory Hills, Leppington/Denham Court and Edmondson Park have been included in the plans.
As part of the investment into education in Greater Western Sydney, the Minns Labor Government will also upgrade schools to deliver new facilities and address overcrowding which worsened under the former government’s watch.
Local suburbs where schools will be upgraded include Austral, Cecil Hills, Eagle Vale and Leppington.
The government says the funding injection will ensure there are quality public schools for the city’s growing communities into the future.
The delivery of these new and upgraded schools represents a key election commitment from the Minns Labor Government, which came to power with a mandate to fix the school infrastructure backlog in Sydney’s growth areas, including the outer South Western Sydney region of Liverpool and Macarthur.
“For years, Western Sydney’s rapidly growing communities have been crying out for more public schools for young families, but the previous Liberal National Government chose to leave them behind,’’ says education minister and deputy premier Prue Car.
“This Labor government understands how important it is for all young families to have access to a local public school, where children can get a high quality, education without a lengthy commute or expensive fees.
“We are not only building the schools that families need – we are ensuring those schools are properly staffed with qualified teachers who are appropriately paid, working to undo the former government’s erosion of pay and conditions that left NSW in a teacher shortage crisis.
“The Minns Labor Government is making the careful and necessary decisions to address the holes left in the budget by the Liberals and ensure we fund the essential services people rely on. We are focusing on what people need most, and that’s essential services like high quality local schools.”
