Our history
- Kingstown School opened on 1st May 1865.
- First Head Teacher Henry Brown.
- 1st September 1871 Panton Hill School 1134 opened. Henry Edelman was Head Teacher. Enrolment of 29 (14 boys, 15 girls).
- Became a State School on 1st January 1873 when Education Department was established.
- 1874 Panton Hill School moves to present site.
- 1880 start of unbroken line of Smiths and direct descendants going to Panton Hill. Finishes in 2005 when Stephanie Smith Graduates.
- 1888 enrolment was 47.
- 1894 enrolment was 82. Smiths Gully school building relocated to Panton Hill site to help ease overcrowding.
- 1909 enrolment was 74.
- 1909, 1910 and 1911 Panton Hill wins the ANA Garden Prize for school gardens.
- 1913 original school site extended by 1 acre 2 roods and 4 perches!!
- 1915 Local Hall used as a classroom.
- 1922 Marjorie Smith last year at PH school.
- 1922 Maud Rattray Commemorative Bell erected.
- 1939 bushfires in the area. PH Fire Brigade formed. School Bell used to alert Community.
- 1955 new classroom added.
- 1958 Electricity was turned on for the first time at a big ceremony at the oval in May 1958
- 1962 major bushfires in the Panton Hill Area new classroom added.
- 1970 new classroom added.
- 1971 Centenary of School celebrated enrolment 125 with a staff of five.
- 1990 first computers at PHPS.
- 1993 fire refuge / two classrooms built.
- 1996 PHPS celebrates 125th birthday
- 1998 major upgrade to the school three classrooms, administration area and Art room.
- 2005 School Rotunda erected.
- 2006 Interactive whiteboards installed in all classrooms.
- 2011 New BER Building (2 Classrooms & new Library)
Head Teachers/Principals
- Henry Edelman 1871 – 1873
- Adolphus Von Ziegler 1873 – 1875
- Charles Prince 1875 – 1884
- Frank Tate 1884 (Jan & Feb)
- Robert J Harris 1884 – 1887
- James O. Hughes 1887 – 1901
- Charles A. Marris 1901 – 1903
- James Ely 1903 – 1908
- William G. McAuliffe 1909 – 1918
- Albert Sublet 1918 – 1924
- James Gardiner 1924 – 1928
- Granvill Green 1928 – 1935
- Harold J. Bassett 1935 – 1938
- Gordon Rankin 1938 – 1942
- George A. Price 1942 – 1946
- Edward J. Cross 1947 – 1950
- George McNeil 1951 – 1952
- Arthur Perkins 1953 – 1955
- Francis O’Brien 1956 – 1962
- Daniel Bowman 1963 – 1965
- Kurt Forrer 1967
- Maxwell Bridges 1968 – 1970
- John W. Clark 1971 – 1972
- Gerald Matters 1973 – March 1976
- Mr Coe 1976
- Robert Allen 1977 – 1979
- Mel Higgins 1980 – Term 1, 1981
- Wilf Anderson Late 1981
- Maurice Kerwin June 1981 – 1982
- Roger Grose 1982
- Roger Milde 1983 – 1993
- Jan Ryan 1994
- Michael Curwood 1995 – 1997
- Deborah Paterson Term 4, 1997
- Anne Hulett 1998 – 2001
- Roxanne Edgley Term 4, 2001
- Roman Bilous 2002 – Sept 2003
- Roxanne Edgley Term 4, 2003
- Ross Allison 2004 – 2016
- Kylie Richards 2017 –