Company Profile
Sheridan College
Company Overview
Sheridan College is a new, not-for-profit, Baptist higher education provider in Perth, Western Australia. The College is associated with a network of four Baptist schools under the management of Australian Baptist Education Inc (ABE).
Company History
The directors of ABE first became involved in the development of private education with the establishment of Lake Joondalup Baptist College (1990). A total of nine Baptist schools have been founded through their involvement in the last 22 years, including Winthrop Baptist College (1994), Quinns Baptist College (1996), Carey Baptist College (1998), Somerville Baptist College (1999), Geelong Baptist College (2002), Mandurah Baptist College (2005), Alkimos Baptist College (2011) and Austin Cove Baptist College (2011).
More than 8,000 students and 800 staff now study and work in open-entry Baptist schools in Western Australia. That number will increase to 10,000 students and 900 staff when the most recently established schools reach full capacity. This will see the Baptist school system become the third largest independent school system in the State.
ABE was established in 2009 to facilitate the ongoing extension of Baptist ministry through education. Alkimos Baptist College, Austin Cove Baptist College and Sheridan College are the first results of those efforts.