Mount Annan High School

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Mount Annan High School
Location
Welling Drive, Mount Annan,
South Western Sydney, New South Wales
Coordinates 34°03′27″S150°45′40″E / 34.05750°S 150.76111°E / -34.05750; 150.76111
Information
Type Government-funded co-educational dual modality partially academically selective and comprehensive secondary day school [1]
MottoBe the best you can be [1]
Established2003;22 years ago (2003) [1]
School districtMacarthur; Regional South, New South Wales
Educational authority New South Wales Department of Education
PrincipalKen Bates [1]
Years 7–12
Enrolment890 (2024)
Colour(s)Grey, white and green    
Website mountannan-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
Mount Annan High School

Mount Annan High School (abbreviated as MAHS) is a government-funded, co-educational, secondary school, located in the south-western Sydney suburb of Mount Annan, New South Wales, Australia. [2] [3] It is administered by the New South Wales Department of Education, with an enrolment of 890 students and a teaching staff of 72 as of 2024. [4] The school serves students from Year 7 to Year 12 [4] and was established in 2003. [5]

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History

Construction began in 2000 [6] and the school opened in January 2003 [5] with 162 foundation students and 20 staff members. [7]

Incidents

On 18 September 2019, emergency services were called to the school due to a fire in one of the science labs. [8] In addition to the fire, a blunt object was used to damage 12 windows within the science block of the school. [8] On account of the damage to the windows, it was later determined that the cause of the fire was deliberate.[ citation needed ] In a similar incident on 14 October 2019, a fire was started within the library [9] causing approximately $2.5 million dollars ($AUS) in damages;[ citation needed ] it has since been refurbished. [10] Two years later on 18 July 2021 an 18-year-old man was arrested who had allegedly started both fires as well as damaged school property, including 56 windows with a handsaw and crowbar. [11]

In 2020, the school was one of twenty to receive a bomb threat. [12]

Demographics

In 2022, the school had a student enrolment of 881 students with 65 teachers (67.6 full-time equivalent) and 12 non-teaching staff (16.4 full-time equivalent). Female enrolments consisted of 441 students and Male enrolments consisted of 440 students; Indigenous enrolments accounted for a total of 7% and 34% of students had a language background other than English. [13]

In 2023, the school had a student enrolment of 855 students with 62 teachers (65.6 full-time equivalent) and 12 non-teaching staff (15.9 full-time equivalent). Female enrolments consisted of 445 students and Male enrolments consisted of 410 students; Indigenous enrolments accounted for a total of 7% and 34% of students had a language background other than English. [13]

In 2024, the school had a student enrolment of 890 students with 72 teachers (68.2 full-time equivalent) and 21 non-teaching staff (17.4 full-time equivalent). Female enrolments consisted of 457 students and Male enrolments consisted of 433 students; Indigenous enrolments accounted for a total of 7% and 32% of students had a language background other than English. [13]

Extra-curricular

For extra-curriculars, the school has a variety of clubs and a band. The clubs include an art club, Pokémon club, breakfast club, homework club, dance club, and a chess club. [14]

Notable staff

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Annan High School Website". Mount Annan High School. 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "Mount Annan High School". Australian Schools Directory. Archived from the original on 26 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "School Location 2024". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority . Archived from the original on 26 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  4. 1 2 "ACARA Data Access Program – School Profile 2024". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority . Archived from the original on 19 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  5. 1 2 "School history details – Mount Annan High". New South Wales Department of Education . Archived from the original on 24 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "State Asset Acquisition Program 2002-03 – New South Wales – Budget Paper No. 4" (PDF). New South Wales Treasury . p. 57. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  7. ↑ Willis, Ian (2008). "Mount Annan | The Dictionary of Sydney". State Library of New South Wales . Archived from the original on 12 January 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  8. 1 2 "High school deliberately lit - Mount Annan". Mirage News. 18 September 2019. Archived from the original on 6 March 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  9. ↑ "Police seek information after high school fire - Mount Annan". Mirage News. 14 October 2019. Archived from the original on 7 March 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  10. ↑ "Mount Annan High School Information Booklet: Access to the Library" (PDF). Mount Annan High School. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 March 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  11. ↑ "Police charge man over string of serious offences - Campbelltown City PAC". Mirage News. 10 September 2021. Archived from the original on 7 March 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  12. ↑ Chrysanthos, Mary Ward, Natassia (27 October 2020). "'This can't be real': HSC exams evacuated after 'threatening' emails received". The Sydney Morning Herald . Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. 1 2 3 "ACARA Data Access Program: School Profile 2008 – 2024". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority . Archived from the original on 3 March 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  14. ↑ "What we offer". Mount Annan High School. Archived from the original on 9 October 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  15. ↑ Bartlett, Joshua (22 October 2018). "Mount Annan-based boxer prepares for professional debut fight". Campbelltown-Macarthur Advertiser. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  16. ↑ "Benjamin Denmeade IMDb Profile". IMDb. IMDb. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
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