History

In 1962 a group of Jewish parents on Sydney’s North Shore set up the North Shore Jewish Kindergarten. Four years later, realising that the future of the North Shore Jewish community would depend on the existence of a Jewish Day School, they established Masada Primary School. The school began with fourteen students housed on the premises of the North Shore Synagogue in Lindfield and its growth was rapid and impressive. Within a few short years, the North Shore Jewish community could boast a thriving Jewish primary school.

It soon became apparent that a High School was also needed. This was established in 1982 and the following year it was relocated to the newly-purchased campus in St Ives (now known as the Michael Faktor Campus). Initially, the High School had 60 students in Years Seven and Eight. A Preschool was created on the St Ives campus at this time. The campus also became the home of the new Kehillat Masada and in 1990 the Rachael and Reuben Pelerman Centre was added to the campus. The Sir Asher Joel Beit Knesset was extended and upgraded in 2003.

Today Masada College houses students on two campuses. It is a well-established school providing top-class Jewish, secular education from Preschool to HSC and ensuring Jewish continuity and growth on the North Shore.