Killarney Heights High School

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Killarney Heights High School
Address
Killarney Heights High School
Starkey Street

Northern Beaches

Killarney Heights
,
New South Wales
,
2087

Australia
Information
Type Public Coeducational Secondary Day School
Motto Latin: Sylle Aefter Faerelde
(To each according to his/her conduct)
Established1967
Educational authority New South Wales Department of Education
PrincipalHayley Emmerton
Years offered 7–12
Enrolment996 [1]  (2023)
Colour(s)Blue, white and Yellow    
Feeder schoolsKillarney Heights Public School and Forestville Public School
Website https://killarney-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/
Top down view of the school Overhead Shot.jpg
Top down view of the school

Killarney Heights High School is a coeducational, comprehensive high school located on Starkey Street in Killarney Heights, a northern suburb of Sydney, near the Northern Beaches, Australia. [2]

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Academically, Killarney Heights High School has performed better in 2018 and 2019 than previously, ranking in the top 100 schools both years, for the first time. [3] However, due to rising issues after covid, the school (along with most other schools in NSW) took a massive hit to results and student enrolment. [4]

The school pushes a heavy focus on teacher-parent communication, inclusivity, diversity, and student/teacher wellbeing.

One of the school student led bands, "Mister Mister". Band rocking.jpg
One of the school student led bands, "Mister Mister".

The school has a large Band Program, which features over 8 ensembles, ranging from Jazz, to Symphonic, to Strings. The band program makes tri-yearly trips overseas on an international tour. In 2023, this was to Tasmania. [4]

Violin played in the school's Strings Ensemble. Violin Playing Outside.jpg
Violin played in the school's Strings Ensemble.

The school also has a high level of sporting capability, with their sports teams coming first in multiple competitions.

Year 12 versus Teachers Sports Game Teacher Versus Students Soccer.jpg
Year 12 versus Teachers Sports Game

History

The school was established in January 1967 to serve the new suburb of Killarney Heights which was built in the early 1960s. Some construction was still ongoing when the school opened and by the end of the year there were eight classrooms over four buildings. There were extensions to the school in 1968 and 1969. When the school opened there were 137 students but this rose rapidly with 998 students being enrolled by 1971 and 1281 by 1972. [5]

A gala event was held in 2017 to mark the 50th anniversary of the school. [5]

The school's Pride Club was established in 2021, which also introduced it's Yearly Wear it Purple Day.

Motto

The motto comes from an abbreviated quote from the writings of a late Old English abbot and Aelfric of Eynsham "a prolific writer of religious literature, including translations from the Bible, saints' lives and homilies. It reads as follows: Ic afandie manna heotan: & heora lendena. & aelcum sylle aefter his faerelde.& aefter his agenre afundennysse. This means: 'to each I will give according to his {life} journey and according to his own invention [or discovery]'". [6]

The school motto "sylle aefter faerelde" was translated as "To each according to his/her conduct" (translated as his/her due to the school being coeducational). The three words on their own can also be interpreted as "sylle" – foundation, "aefter" – after, "faerelde " — journey.

Academic results

HSC Results [7]
YearRankSuccess RateTotal CreditsExams SatYear 12 Students
202313613.3%78586117
202212813.2%81612114
202114912.8%84657127
20208718.14%115634124
20197919%117615113
20188816.3%105644123
201719510%74739145
201614711.1%70632125
20151958.5%65764145
20141678.9%--135
20131868.1%65803148
Subject Specific HSC Results [4] *
SubjectSchool 2023State Average 2023School Average 2021–2023
Ancient History81.968.780.7
Biology80.571.876.4
Business Studies77.970.976.7
Chemistry76.873.772.2
Community and Family Studies87.372.780.0
Economics72.875.775.5
Engineering Studies75.973.975.7
English Advanced89.681.288.8
English EAL/D78.867.878.0
English Standard78.768.578.5
Food Technology79.570.878.9
Geography77.572.577.5
Industrial Technology80.469.180.1
Investigating Science82.473.483.5
Legal Studies83.772.984.9
Mathematics Advanced79.077.077.5
Mathematics Extension 173.078.773.6
Mathematics Standard 277.368.774.1
Modern History78.669.079.9
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education

Now known as: Health and Movement Science

80.371.075.7
Physics78.774.475.3
Society and Culture87.176.386.2
Visual Arts84.079.884.8

*Where there are fewer than 10 students in a course or subject, summary statistics or graphical representation of student performance is not available.

Notable alumni and staff

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References

  1. ↑ "Killarney Heights High School Annual Report" (PDF). Killarney Heights High School.
  2. ↑ "About our school – Killarney Heights High School". killarney-h.schools.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "HSC School Ranking – 2013". bettereducation.com.au. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 "2023 annual school report - Killarney Heights High School" (PDF).
  5. 1 2 "Killarney Heights schools turn 50". www.dailytelegraph.com.au. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "Home - Killarney Heights High School". killarney-h.schools.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "Killarney Heights High School Rankings". Better Education. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2024.

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