I am so proud to share the remarkable achievements of Nowra Anglican College’s graduating class of 2025 who have again excelled in their results. This year's successes are a testament to the hard work and perseverance of our students, the dedication of the teaching staff and the steadfast support of their families and friends. We all strive to achieve outstanding outcomes year on year and these results demonstrate what can be achieved through perseverance and commitment. It is no secret that our targeted approach on teaching our students “how to learn” through our Building Learning Power framework has impacted the results of 2025. The focus on students working collaboratively in a supportive environment has helped our students achieve so highly.

Highest ATAR

The highest ATAR in the College this year was achieved by Will Bizeray with a score of 98. This was closely followed by Amelia Sim with an ATAR of 97.95 and Jamie Wu achieving 96.45. These are a wonderful achievement and testament to their dedicated approach to learning.

Many of our graduates earned an ATAR of 90 or above, placing them among the highest ranked students in NSW. Congratulations to the following students upon achieving these outstanding ATAR results:

• Will Bizeray
• Amelia Sim
• Jamie Wu
• Ben Lindsay
• Gordon Wong
• Ben Richards
• Jonte Warner
• Byron Schueller
• Eden Jung
• Leo Gallenca
• Eva Bongarzoni
• Ryan Floyd

There have been outstanding results across the board in a wide range of subjects. Of particular note is the exceptional achievements of the Drama class with six students receiving a Band 6 and seven students nominated for Call Back for their exemplary group and individual Drama practical performances.

In English we have a special approach to support our students to take English Advanced and with exceptional dedication, eight of our students have achieved a Band 6 with many achieving in the top two bands with a strong trajectory of improvement.

Mathematics is always a subject with strong performances across all courses at the College. William Bizeray has achieved an outstanding result in Mathematics Extension 1 and 2.

HSC Distinguished Achievers.

This year we are proud to announce that many of our graduates were placed on the HSC Distinguished Achievers roll for achieving the highest band (Band 6 or E4) possible for one or more HSC courses across a wide variety of subjects.

Of particular note are the students who have achieved excellent results across their subjects. These students need to be highlighted for their excellent results:

1. Amelia Sim, the College Vice-Captain for achieving Band 6 results in Ancient History, Legal Studies, English Advanced and Visual Arts

2. Jamie Wu, the College Vice-Captain achieving 48/50 in English Extension 1 and achieving additional Band 6/E4 results in English Advanced, Legal Studies, and Modern History

3. William Bizeray for achieving Band 6/E4 results in English Advanced, Mathematics Ext 1, Mathematics Ext 2 and Drama

4. Eva Bongarzoni for achieving Band 6 results in English Advanced, Drama and Legal Studies

Students have achieved Band 6 results in a wide variety of subjects and Nowra Anglican College is known for its depth of subject offerings in the Collegian years. The following students have been named on the NESA Distinguished Achievers list.

In addition, Ben Stintman was nominated for SHAPE for his outstanding major work in Industrial Technology with a beautiful inlaid guitar.

Liam Chaplin in Year 11 has been accelerated in Mathematics Advanced and has achieved highly with Liam being placed on the Distinguished Achievers list.

Ben Richards has been awarded the University of Wollongong Principal’s Scholarship.

These academic results were on top of the wonderful breadth of sport, music, drama, creative arts, enterprise, service and leadership that the students enjoyed. We believe in providing a rich variety of educational experiences for the holistic development of each student. I am also incredibly proud of the improvement across the board for many students who have achieved highly in all areas. There are students who have overcome significant hurdles and challenges in their studies.

So where to from here? We will continue to help our students achieve highly in their learning. It is what we are called to do and is part of our mission; to provide a high quality Christian education where every child is welcomed and belongs in our school.

Congratulations once again to the Class of 2025!

Mrs Lorrae Sampson
Principal