Blakehurst High School

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Blakehurst High School
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Blakehurst High School
Blakehurst, New South Wales

Australia
Coordinates 33°58′51″S151°6′48″E / 33.98083°S 151.11333°E / -33.98083; 151.11333
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Type Government-funded co-educational comprehensive and specialist secondary day school
Motto Latin: Nihil Sine Labore
(Nothing without work)
Established1960;64 years ago (1960) [1]
Educational authority New South Wales Department of Education
Oversight NSW Education Standards Authority
Specialist Languages
PrincipalSophie Kapsimalis
Staff110
Teaching staff77.6 FTE (2018) [2]
Years 7–12
Enrolment1,113 [2]  (2018)
Campus type Suburban
Website blakehurst-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
Blakehurst High School

Blakehurst High School is a Government-funded co-educational comprehensive and specialist secondary day school with speciality in languages, [3] located in Blakehurst, a southern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Established in 1960, the school enrolled approximately 1,110 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, [4] 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. [4]

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. [5] 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 and one Mexican.

In 2000 the school was award the title Specialist Languages High School as part of the Outstanding Schools Program. [1]

International influence

Blakehurst high school has an International students program, and enrol approximately 60 international students each year. [6]

The school has an exchange student program with a partner high school in Japan. [7]

Notable alumni

Notable former teaching staff

See also

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  2. 1 2 3 "Blakehurst High School, Blakehurst, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  3. ↑ Kolimar, Eva (13 December 2018). "School honours languages teacher at student awards". St George & Sutherland Shire Leader. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Principal's Message – Blakehurst High School". blakehurst-h.schools.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "International students – Blakehurst High School". blakehurst-h.schools.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "Blakehurst High School Newsletter" (PDF).
  8. ↑ "Biography". 18 July 2008. Archived from the original on 18 July 2008. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "Mr Barry Joseph COLLIER, OAM, BComm, DipEd, DipLaw, GAICD (1949 – )". parliament.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 6 September 2023.


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