With more than three decades of experience as an educator, Principal Penny Curran-Peters is a strong advocate for her students both while at school and in the years that follow.
Born and raised in the Hunter, Penny began her teaching career in Sydney in 1992 as a Foreign Languages teacher, expertly introducing French and Japanese to young minds.
Since then, Penny has spent her career travelling to share her experience across Australia.
She returned to the region after COVID-19 to spend time with family and took on the role of Principal at Bishop Tyrrell Anglican College (BTAC).
“It felt like I was coming home,” Penny says.
“We really do have a real synergy between all the reasons that we come to work, and why the students come here to learn.
“It’s an inclusive place that allows kids to be who they are and gives them space to grow up into who they are meant to become.”
As she continues to work toward warm, genuine, and dynamic relationships with staff, students and parents, her core values of integrity, respect and inclusion are at the core of her approach.
“My goals for BTAC are about making sure that the students have as many opportunities as possible to thrive outside of the school, once they’ve finished a Bishop Tyrrell education, that they deserve.
“Helping them understand the virtue of hard work, lots of effort and working collectively, so they can create some amazing outcomes for themselves.”
Penny adds the secret to BTAC’s welcoming environment is the people.
“Staff, students and parents all care very much about the same thing, which is making sure the kids come to school and feel safe and feel at the centre of the decision making and at the centre of all the programs we have in place,” she says.
Penny was officially welcomed as Principal of Bishop Tyrrell Anglican College during a special ceremony in June.
