Kiama High School

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Kiama High School
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Kiama High School
Kiama, New South Wales

Australia
Coordinates 34°40′53″S150°50′46″E / 34.68139°S 150.84611°E / -34.68139; 150.84611
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Type Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
Motto Latin: Ad Altiora
(Towards higher things)
Established1954;70 years ago (1954)
Educational authority New South Wales Department of Education
PrincipalCatherine Glover [1]
Teaching staff74.5 FTE (2018) [2]
Years 7–12
Enrolment1,041 [2]  (2018)
Campus typeRegional
Colour(s)Blue, white and gold    
Website kiama-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
Kiama High School

Kiama High School (abbreviated as KHS) is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in the town of Kiama, in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. [3]

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Established in 1954, the school enrolled about 1,040 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom four percent identified as Indigenous Australians and eight percent were from a language background other than English. [2] The school is operated by the New South Wales Department of Education.

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  1. ↑ "Principal's welcome". Kiama High School. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "Kiama High School, Kiama, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Kiama High School". Kiama High School. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Councillor Matt Brown". www.kiama.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  5. 1 2 Hall, David (19 December 2014). "Kiama High recognises high achievers". Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "On-field hardman Ashton Sims is giving back". The Singleton Argus. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "Hockeyroos Squad Profiles: Grace Stewart". Hockey Australia. Archived from the original on 23 December 2016.
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