Located on Sydney’s North Shore, Barker College is a coeducational Anglican day school for students from Pre-K – Year 12 and boarding in Years 10 – 12.

Barker offers its students a broad range of academic subjects and co-curricular programs. Equally, the School is committed to seeking and retaining dynamic professionals through a variety of career paths within the School. All staff members at Barker are valued and supported in their professional endeavours. At Barker, teachers are offered a range of professional development and learning opportunities. Currently, Barker has six teachers who are accredited at the Highly Accomplished level – arguably the highest number within a school in NSW.

All new staff are mentored during their induction period at Barker and the School contributes to the sustaining of the profession by supporting a number of teaching practicum students from universities across the country annually.

In 2021 the School was recognised as a Gold Skilled Workplace for our commitment to continuous improvement in mental health training. 36% of Barker’s staff are now accredited Mental Health First Aiders.

Quality teaching and learning drives the pursuit of supporting the School’s strategic vision of being a leading educational institution that inspires global hope.

Barker is focused on the future. We want all our students to come together to make the world a fairer place and this commitment to justice and equity begins at school. Our students are at the heart of our work.