Canley Vale High School

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Canley Vale High School
Canley Vale High School Logo.jpg
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The school's main entrance (2015)
Location
Canley Vale High School
Canley Vale,
South-Western Sydney, New South Wales

Australia
Coordinates 33°53′6″S150°57′5″E / 33.88500°S 150.95139°E / -33.88500; 150.95139
Information
Type Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
MottoWe Care
Established1965;59 years ago (1965)
Educational authority New South Wales Department of Education
PrincipalEffie Niarchos [1]
Years 7–12
Enrolment~1,400 [2]  (2012)
Campus type Suburban
Colour(s)Navy blue and white   
Website canleyvale-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
CVHS Front Gate Sign.jpg
School signs at the main gate of the campus, c. 2016
Canley Vale High School

Canley Vale High School (abbreviated as CVHS) is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Canley Vale, a south-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Established in 1965 in an area that once comprised orchards, the school now caters for approximately 1,500 students from Year 7 to Year 12. The school is operated by the New South Wales Department of Education.

Campus

The school is situated in Canley Vale, a suburb in south-western Sydney (adjacent to Cabramatta).

The campus is built around the main quadrangle, next to the Historic bell tower. As of 2015, the school's foundation bell (originally housed in an actual tower) was restored and positioned on a metal frame over the base remnants of the bell tower, below where it would've been positioned had the tower remained.

The bell was restored in time for school's 50th Anniversary, but for some bizarre reason was then stolen a few weeks later. [3] Fortunately enough the bell was eventually recovered by police a few weeks after the incident, having been left discarded by presumably thieves in a creek.

Other facilities includes a renovated multi-purpose school hall on the western end of the school, a double-storey library, an administrative facility, a canteen, computer labs, a lecture theatre (a single hall amphitheatre) at the school's eastern end, a Timber Trades Centre (TTC), a newly built 'Learning Hub' centre, and a school gym (located in the place of the school's table tennis complex) near the quadrangle at the heart of the school. To the front and south of the school's 'Bell Tower' Quadrangle is the school's assembly area which is approx. the size of 2 basketball courts. Opposite to this and north of the quadrangle is a sail-covered turf area for students with 3 basketball courts located in its north-eastern direction.

Orphan School Creek which flows behind the school, and Ada Street Reserve (a federally protected nature reserve to the school's northeast) marks the school's natural boundaries. The school runs relatively adjacent Prospect Road, Canley Vale, with its Eastern boundaries marked by Ada Street. Further north of Ada Street Reserve is Sherwin Park, which is utilised by the school during school hours (in addition to the nearby Parkes Reserve) for sports.

The school is located about 10–15 minutes away from both Canley Vale railway station and Carramar railway station.

Student life

Canley Vale High attracts many students from outside the local area and overseas due to its multicultural environment and student welfare program. [4] A high proportion of the school's student population comes from a non-English speaking background, which includes predominately those of Cambodian, Chinese and Vietnamese heritage as well as students with Polynesian backgrounds.[ citation needed ]

Academic results

Canley Vale High School has close ties with the local community and has a reputation for high academic achievement and expectations of student excellence; [5] and is one of the best academically non-selective co-educational public high schools in the Liverpool–Fairfield area. [6] [ failed verification ] In 2016, the school was the highest ranked in Higher School Certificate results for New South Wales schools with the lowest levels of socio-educational advantage. [7]

Houses

As with most Australian schools, CVHS utilises a house system. Students are allocated to a house when they enter the school according to the first letter of their surname. The four school houses are further represented through their individual 'house banners' which (in addition to the school banner) is kept in permanent overhanging display in the school's hall. There are four different houses under which students compete for the swimming, athletics and cross country carnivals:

House nameColourNamingNotes
Bonham  RedHard to pinpoint as the origins aren't definite. A likely contender is Bonham Street, Canley Vale, which is located East of the school, branching off Ada St and allows direct access to Parkes Reserve.
Horsley  Yellow The Horsley Drive, itself drawn from the Horsley complex in Surrey, England [8]
Lennox  Green David Lennox, [9] a convict-era architect who designed and oversaw the construction of the nearby Lansdowne Bridge. Lennox also designed and oversaw the creation of the Lennox Bridge, Glenbrook and Lennox Bridge, Parramatta.
Parkes  BlueParkes Reserve, located near the school; likely to be drawn from Henry Parkes (Australia's 'Father of Federation' & named the suburb of Canley Vale after his birthplace of Canley, UK)

Notable alumni

Campus Photos

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Our Staff". Canley Vale High School. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Canley Vale High School". Archived from the original on 5 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Bring back our old bell: Canley Vale High School School plea". 8 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Department of Education-School Profile". Archived from the original on 5 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "DET - CVHS Overview". Archived from the original on 5 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Canley Vale HS Achievements" . Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  7. ↑ Munro, Kelsey; Ting, Inga (16 December 2016). "HSC results 2016: The schools punching above their weight". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 4 July 2019.
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