About our College
Welcome to Callaghan College, a vibrant high school community situated across three campuses.
At Callaghan, we champion academic excellence, personal growth and diverse enrichment opportunities - so every student can discover their passion and potential. Whether it's through Sport, Creative Arts, STEM, leadership or other pursuits, your child will find a place to shine.
Callaghan College Values
Our vision, “Empowering Every Learner,” reflects Callaghan’s commitment to supporting every student to grow, succeed and reach their potential. The vision pairs with the mission of the College: a vibrant learning culture where confident and creative students thrive.
Callaghan's core values are shared across all three campuses. These values of Respect, Responsibility and Excellence guide the learning culture and expectations for all Callaghan College students. These values underpin how students learn, interact and contribute to the wider school community.
At Jesmond Senior Campus, the additional value of Opportunity reflects the campus’s focus on helping students make the most of the many options available to them leading up to the HSC, and to explore their pathways for life after school.
Explore our campuses
Wallsend Campus
Catering to students in Years 7 to 10, Wallsend Campus provides a supportive and academically focused environment for families in Wallsend and surrounding suburbs.
Boasting consistently strong results in both literacy and numeracy, Wallsend offers specialist programs in Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA), Inspire – High potential and gifted education to an extensive range of subject electives, all designed for students to explore their passions and develop real-world skills.
Waratah Campus
Catering to students in Years 7 to 10, Waratah Campus provides a supportive and academically focused environment for families in Waratah and surrounding suburbs.
Our staff deliver innovative teaching to inspire students to reach their full potential. From high potential to cultural enrichment opportunities, Waratah also has a comprehensive extra-curricular program that nurtures creativity, teamwork and personal growth. All designed to empower every learner to thrive academically and socially.
Jesmond Senior Campus
Our senior campus caters exclusively to students in Years 11 and 12. Offering the broadest curriculum choice in the Hunter, Jesmond Senior Campus students also benefit from their own personalised senior learning pathway that includes expert career planning, access to university programs and connections to industry and traineeships.
Our technical resources and classrooms designed exclusively for HSC learning give our young adult learners a sharper focus on their future.
Along with the shared College values of responsibility, respect and excellence, Jesmond's additional core value is opportunity, as we prepare Callaghan students for life beyond their formal schooling years.
These four core values are embedded in everything we do.
Callaghan Education Pathways
Callaghan partners with 15 local primary schools and the Awabakal Environmental Education Centre. This active collaboration across our primary and secondary schools provides a smooth transition to empower all our students during each step of their education experience.
For Wallsend Campus, partner schools are: Glendore Public School, Maryland Public School, Minmi Public School, Plattsburg Public School, Wallsend Public School.
For Waratah Campus, partner schools are: Hamilton North Public School, Heaton Public School, Islington Public School, Jesmond Public School, Mayfield East Public School, Mayfield West Demonstration School, Shortland Public School, Tighes Hill Public School, Waratah Public School and Waratah West Public School.
Why choose us?
Find out what makes a College education so special and why families choose us.
Facilities and resources
Our College offers a range of spaces, tools and resources to support student learning.