The fire completely destroyed the building along with almost all of its contents, including over 8000 books and a number of school records and historical items.

Among those present at the opening ceremony were: Paul Couvret (President of Warringah Shire Council), G. Conomy (Assistant Director General of Education), Terry Metherell (State Member for Davidson), C. Knibb, M. Blanch (NSW Inspector of Schools) and the Principal of the day, Neville Trotter.

The current house system is named after four of the five early Governors of New South Wales: William Bligh (1806–1808), Lachlan Macquarie (1810–1821), John Hunter (1795–1800) and Arthur Phillip (1788–1792).

There is a large playground which includes an oval, cricket nets, two adventure playgrounds, a netball/basketball court, a shaded sandpit, a number of handball courts marked on the asphalt section and a Covered Outdoor Learning Area (COLA) which provides a covered space for sport, social and daily school activities.

The school shares its grounds with two small remnants of the now endangered Duffy's Forest ecological community, where ecologists have identified 87 different plants.