| Blakehurst High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
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Australia | |
| Coordinates | 33°58′51″S 151°6′48″E / 33.98083°S 151.11333°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Government-funded co-educational comprehensive and specialist secondary day school |
| Motto | Latin: Nihil Sine Labore (Nothing without work) |
| Established | 1960[1] |
| Educational authority | New South Wales Department of Education |
| Oversight | NSW Education Standards Authority |
| Specialist | Languages |
| Principal | Sophie Kapsimalis |
| Staff | 110 |
| Teaching staff | 77.6 FTE (2018)[2] |
| Years | 7-12 |
| Enrolment | 1,113[2] (2018) |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Website | blakehurst-h |
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Blakehurst High School is a Government-funded co-educational comprehensive and specialist secondary day school with speciality in languages, located in Blakehurst, a southern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1960, the school enrolled approximately 1,110 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom one percent identified as Indigenous Australians and 85 percent were from a language background other than English.[2] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education in accordance with a curriculum developed by the New South Wales Education Standards Authority; the principal is Sophie Kapsimalis.
Student composition
The school has around 1138 students, 80 teaching staff and 30 non-teaching staff. 40% of the students are from an Anglo-Celtic background and 81.8% of students identify as having a non-English speaking background, many of whom were born in Australia.[3] Of these students, the largest group is of Chinese background, 30% of the school population, and the second largest is Greek at 10%. Of the remaining 60%, there are over 40 language groups represented, including one Egyptian.[4]
In 2000 the school was award the title Specialist Languages High School as part of the Outstanding Schools Program.[1]
Notable alumni
- Justice Robert McClelland – Judge of the Family Court of Australia; former politician who served as the Attorney-General of Australia and Member for Barton
Notable former teaching staff
- Barry Collier – former politician; Member for Miranda (1999-2011 & 2013-2015); teacher, social sciences, 1982 to 1986
See also
- List of government schools in New South Wales
- Education in Australia
References
- ^ a b "Blakehurst High School (BHS)". School Choice. Universal Magazines. n.d. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ^ a b c "Blakehurst High School, Blakehurst, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
- ^ [1]
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