DetailsIn the period around WW1, many of the larger orchards surrounding the Pennant Hills railway station were sub-divided into housing allotments. The growth in the population of school-age children placed a strain on schools in neighbouring areas.
After much lobbying by local residents, the Minister for Public Instruction purchased just over two acres of land in the Hillcrest Estate in 1922 for the purposes of establishing a school.
Two years later, the erection of a school building was completed in time for the commencement of the 1925 school year. Pennant Hills Public School was officially opened on its current site on March 14, 1925, by the Minister for Education Mr. Bruntnell. Thomas MacDonnell was appointed Headmaster and was assisted by a junior teacher.
Two small classes were houses in the glassed-in verandah from the time the school opened until two new classrooms were completed in August 1926.
The school celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2000 and held the traditional watermelon day to mark the occasion.
