MEDIA RELEASE
September 2024
Strengthening the Future of Catholic Education: Catholic Schools Broken Bay to Incorporate from 1 January 2025
Most Rev. Anthony Randazzo, Bishop of Broken Bay is pleased to announce that Catholic Schools Broken Bay (CSBB) will be incorporated as of 1 January 2025. This marks a significant step forward in the governance and mission of Catholic education within the Diocese of Broken Bay.
CSBB has served the community of Broken Bay since its inception in 1986 across 45 schools. Incorporation will support and foster stronger collaboration between parents, Parish Priests, principals, and staff, ensuring that the shared mission remains focused on the development of every student spiritually and academically.
Since 2020, CSBB has been on a reform journey, Towards 2025, which importantly included a goal to strengthen systems and governance. The transition to an incorporated entity strengthens governance and reflects an unwavering commitment to fostering excellence in education while remaining faithful to our Catholic identity and values.
Bishop Anthony Randazzo said, “Catholic education is a critical responsibility I have as Bishop of the Diocese. I am delighted with how CSBB has carefully established structures that are completely aligned to the Canons ensuring that the provision of Catholic education remains a priority under my care and oversight.”
“Canon cf. 793 – 821 makes clear that the provision of Catholic Education is of major importance to the Diocesan Bishop and requires the Bishop’s particular care and oversight to ensure it is both academically rigorous and faithful to Catholic teaching”, Bishop Anthony said.
The transition to an incorporated entity is underpinned by new Shared Mission Principles which clearly articulate the shared mission of Catholic education and CSBB’s commitment to deliver an authentic, professional Catholic education with care and compassion, helping all to know Christ and love learning.
The incorporation will involve a transition from the Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Broken Bay as the operator of Catholic Schools Broken Bay to a new not-for-profit Company CSBB Ltd. CSBB Ltd will be registered as a charity, with full responsibility for the existing system of 45 schools and over 18,000 students.
It will be governed by a Board of Directors appointed by the Bishop of Broken Bay, who will be the legal Member of CSBB Ltd.
Danny Casey, Director of Schools, who will continue in his role reporting to the Board of Directors said, “This is a transformative moment for Catholic Schools Broken Bay and reflects the success to date of the significant improvements achieved under the Towards 2025 strategy. The future of Catholic education in the Diocese of Broken Bay is very bright indeed”.
Further details regarding the incorporation will be shared with the community in the coming months.
ENDS
For information regarding this release contact:
Katrina Lee 0403 950 652
Email: Katrina.Lee@bbcatholic.org.au
General Information
At Catholic Schools Broken Bay, our vision is to provide ‘authentic, professional Catholic education, delivered with care and compassion’. The vision is underpinned by our exciting and robust Towards 2025 Strategy which places students at the centre of everything we do, and which brings schools and Parishes together to work as one. The Towards 2025 Strategy commits our system of schools to being at least as good as the very best, to maximise the learning growth of every student, and to inspire hearts and minds to know Christ and love learning. Covering an expansive geographical area which includes the Central Coast and Sydney’s Northern Beaches and North Shore, Catholic Schools Broken Bay is a system serving 45 Catholic Schools with over 18,000 students from Kindergarten to Year 12.
Further information on Towards 2025 is available at the CSBB website
Our Strategy – Towards 2025 – Catholic Schools (csbb.catholic.edu.au)