INTRODUCTION

Creating New Traditions

Guided by our vision to be the leader in boys’ education with exceptional people, programs and facilities, we now prepare for the future learning needs and educational experience for our boys.

Welcome to our multi-year program of campus renewal designed to support our vision for the future of learning and education at Prince Alfred College.

The Master Plan for the College encapsulates and protects our heritage, our traditions and our values as a proud educator of boys whilst creating flexible environments that will meet the future teaching and learning needs of our community. Our new and refurbished learning areas will provide us with functional spaces and experiences with learning outcomes of our students at the heart of our planning process.

We are bold in our ambitions because we want the best for our boys at each stage of their journey at the College. Purposeful spaces that engage and inspire our students to ask questions, work together to solve problems, and dare to dream big.

Our staged program of works ensures we take a considered approach to each area within the campus, and allows us to minimise the disruption to our students’ learning and experience during their time at the College.

We invite you to explore these pages to learn more about our vision for the Prince Alfred College Master Plan and to keep up to date as the program progresses.

Richard Hockney
Chair of Council

David Roberts
Headmaster

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About the Master Plan

Through 2022 and 2023, community consultation was undertaken to identify the current and future vision for our Kent Town campus, located on the edge of the CBD in Adelaide, South Australia.

Consultation included workshops and surveys with students, staff, current and past parents, and external design consultants.

AJC Architects were appointed, through a tender process, as the College’s Master Plan Architects. The team at AJC guided the College Council, the Infrastructure Committee and the College Executive through the master planning process, supported by a number of expert design consultants.

The Master Plan planning process has identified five macro design and build projects to be included in our future vision of the campus. Each project, or stage, will be developed with student outcomes at its heart along with fiscal prudency and minimising environmental impact.

The five Master Plan Stages are:

Stage 1 - Preparatory School Redevelopment

Stage 2 - Prince Alfred College Carpark

Stage 3 - Multi-purpose Sports Field

Stage 4 - Secondary School Development

Stage 5 - Secondary School Refurbishment

The Master Plan, and the various staged projects within it, will be subject to consultation with our community, College Council approvals and town planning approvals by the Norwood, Payneham and St Peters Council in due course.

Project stages

Preparatory School Redevelopment

The Preparatory School redevelopment will include the construction of two new, linked buildings. One to house our junior primary students, the second to house the front office and administration, staff facilities, allied health and additional gathering and general learning areas.

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Prince Alfred College Carpark

Feedback from our parent community and reviews of traffic management and pedestrian safety on campus, has informed our vision to remove the majority of vehicles from the College campus. The PAC Carpark will be constructed on College-owned land adjacent to the Boarding House, fronted on College Street and Little Young Street. The PAC Carpark will be connected to the campus by a series of air bridges.

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Multi-purpose Sports Field

Offering a leading education for boys includes providing an abundance of outdoor spaces for boys to play, practice and compete. The proposed Multi-purpose Sports Field will make use of a currently unused parcel of land adjacent to the John Dunning Sports Centre. This stage is in the planning and design phase.

Secondary School Development

Located in the area of the current carpark to the south east of Pirie Street drive, it is intended new Secondary School facilities will be built together with short term parking and drop and go zones. This program is in the very early stages with a committee established in Term 2, 2024 to scope the future teaching and learning requirements for our Year 7-12 boys.

Secondary School Refurbishment

Located within the footprint of the current Secondary School, Stage 5 is anticipated to include significant refurbishment of our exisiting Secondary School facilities. These learning spaces will compliment the new Secondary School facilities created in Stage 4 of the Master Plan. It is expected planning for this stage will commence in 2025.

Prince Alfred College is the kind of place that has an impact. It's where boys have grown into young men of good character, for over 150 years.

Mr Richard Hockney, Chair of Council

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PAC announces Master Plan

Prince Alfred College is pleased to share an ambitious, multi-year program of building and environment works designed to support our vision for the future of teaching and educating boys at the College.

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History has shown, when the Prince Alfred College community rallies together, we can achieve incredible things. As we embark on this ambitious journey, we invite you to join us in shaping the future. Together, let us re-imagine our campus for the future and forge a new legacy of learning that will endure for generations to come.

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Fac fortia et patere