Lindfield Learning Village, on the land of the Guringai and Darug people, is taking the next step in its educational journey, with a change of name and direction to ensure it continues to offer a world-class education to more families on Sydney’s North Shore.

Following community consultation over recent years, the K-12 school will move away from its past iteration as an 'alternative educational setting’.

From next term, the school will be known as Lindfield College. A new uniform will be introduced for the first time, replacing the current optional’ multiform’, and new student leaders will also make their debut to represent the student body.

Twice-yearly parent-teacher nights will be introduced, alongside academic reports and improved communication with families, as a result of feedback from parents and students.

A new high-potential and gifted education program leveraging the school’s exceptional creative performing and arts facilities will extend opportunities for students, focused on the performing arts as well as a specialist STEM program delivered in partnership with local primary schools, which will build upon the school’s reputation for excellence.

Located on the site of the former Ku-ring-gai campus of the University of Technology Sydney, the school was opened in 2019 by the former Liberal-National Government and marketed at the time as an alternative educational setting.

Lindfield has embedded strong explicit teaching practice across the school and has developed into a strong academic performer. Last year, a quarter of its HSC cohort achieved Band 6 results, and its NAPLAN outcomes are above the state average across all year levels. It was ranked fifth highest comprehensive school by the SMH in 2025 for HSC results, improving on its tenth rank in 2024.

The change in name responds to community feedback, particularly from students who felt the current name did not reflect the school’s K-12 structure.

Central to the new direction is strengthening community confidence and addressing lingering perceptions that the school is an ‘alternative educational setting’.

The consultation also found that parents and carers want clearer and more consistent communication to better understand the school, which the school’s leadership is now strengthening.

Deputy Premier of New South Wales and Minister for Education and Early Learning, Prue Car, said:

“The school has engaged closely with the community and is making changes that will set the school up well to build on its recent academic success and provide greater confidence to current and prospective families.

“With its dedicated leadership, the school is well placed to deliver the high-quality teaching and high potential gifted education that underpin strong academic results.”

Lindfield Learning Village/Lindfield College Principal Ben Rekic said:

“Our new school plan reinforces our commitment to student voice and input, including the establishment of student leadership structures.

“This will empower students to contribute meaningfully and translate their ideas into action.

“It is great to see our new student leadership team, including inaugural school captains Matt and Perryn, already making valuable contributions, such as supporting Harmony Day activities.”