Applecross Senior High School

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Applecross Senior High School
Applecross Senior High School, April 2006.JPG
Applecross Senior High School in 2006
Location
Applecross Senior High School
Ardross, Perth, Western Australia

Australia
Coordinates 32°01′46″S115°50′05″E / 32.0295114°S 115.8348206°E / -32.0295114; 115.8348206
Information
Type Public co-educational high school
MottoAchieve
Established1958;66 years ago (1958)
Educational authority WA Department of Education
PrincipalPaul Leech
Enrolment1,731 [1]  (Semester 1, 2021)
Campus type Suburban
Colour(s)Black, green, red and white     
Website www.applecross.wa.edu.au

Applecross Senior High School is a public co-educational high school, located in Ardross, a southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia.

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Founded in 1958, [2] Applecross Senior High School has traditionally been one of the leading public high schools in Western Australia and consistently ranks academically within the top ten secondary schools in the state. [3] [4] [5] Applecross has produced two Rhodes Scholars. [6]

Applecross runs dedicated art, tennis and chess programs, and has traditionally been dominant in these areas. [7] [8] [9] [10] It also runs Academic Extension classes, for those students talented in the areas of English, Maths, Science, Society and Environment, French and Japanese.

Like many Western Australian high schools, Applecross is a partially selective high school with out-of-area students accepted on a number of criteria. [11]

History

The school was opened in 1958 to service the rapidly growing south-of-the-river suburbs of the city of Perth. As of 2021, 1731 students from Years 7 to 12 attended the school. [1]

In 2009 the Government of Western Australia allocated A$56 million for the re-development of the school. A competitive tender process was completed in April 2010. The original school 'H' block, science block, swimming pool, and the 1970s gymnasium was retained. All other existing buildings were removed. A new south wing on the site of the existing tennis courts was designed to house a new administration area, library, resource centre, science, home economics and health and physical education wings. A new design, and technology centre was constructed to the east of the swimming pool and a new visual arts centre was located on the site of existing basketball courts. The gymnasium was converted into a performing arts centre, while the original 'H' block was refurbished for use by business/information technology, careers and vocational education, English, languages, mathematics, society and environment and student services. [12]

School crest

The school crest is a combination of a black swan holding a book, signifying proximity to the Swan River, with a hand holding a scimitar, emerging from a five-pointed crown ("issuant from an eastern crown or, a dexter hand holding a scimitar, in fess all proper"), the crest of the Chief of the Matheson clan. Sir Alexander Matheson Bt of Lochalsh, a property developer who in 1897 initiated the subdivision of the suburb of Applecross, became Chief of the Clan in 1920 on the death of his brother, the 2nd Baronet. [13] [14]

Academic ranking

The Year-12 cohort at Applecross perform consistently well in the WACE school rankings, and the school ranks well when compared to other schools in Western Australia.

WA school ATAR ranking

YearRankMedian
ATAR
Eligible
students
Students
with ATAR
% students
with ATAR
Notes
20172586.1522915869.00 [15]
20162485.1023717574.76 [16]

    Year 12 student achievement data

    YearRank [i]  % +75 in WACE [ii] Rank % +65 in WACE [iii]  % graduates [iv] Notes
    20153313.542839.0597.71 [17]
    2014>50<10.034034.94100 [18]
    20134110.984631.75100 [19]
    2012>50<9.884535.64100 [20]
    20113513.544144.6897.51 [21]
    20103313.224843.6198.47 [22]
    20092638.54
    (>75% minimum of one subject)
    2544.39
    (64.6% or more)
    98.42 [23]
    1. Ranking of school compared to other schools in the state
    2. Based on the number of Stage 3 course enrolments in the school where a WACE course score of 75 or above was achieved
    3. Based on the number of Stage 3 course enrolments in the school where a WACE course score of 65 or above was achieved
    4. Percentage of Year 12 cohort that graduated with a WACE certificate

    Beazley Medals

    Notable alumni

    See also

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