Oxley High School

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Oxley High School
Location
Oxley High School
Piper Street, North Tamworth,
New England region, New South Wales

Australia
Coordinates 31°04′43″S150°56′22″E / 31.07861°S 150.93944°E / -31.07861; 150.93944
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Type Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
Established1968;56 years ago (1968)
School districtPeel; Regional North
Educational authority NSW Department of Education
PrincipalNatalie Hill
Teaching staff73.0 FTE (2018) [1]
Years 7–12
Enrolment967 [1]  (2018)
Campus type Regional
Colour(s)Red, blue and yellow    
Website oxley-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
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Oxley High School

Oxley High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in North Tamworth, in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia.

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Established in 1968, the school enrolled approximately 970 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom 19 percent identified as Indigenous Australians and four percent were from a language background other than English. [1] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the principal is now Natalie Hill. [2] [3]

Overview

The school has four sport houses – Namoi (green), Castlereagh (blue), Macquarie (red) and Hastings (yellow). Oxley has 70 full time teachers, and approximately 12 casual teachers at any one time. It caters for students, with additional learning needs, and provides classes for students with various disabilities and support staff.

On 18 March 2012 the Castlereagh block of the school was destroyed by fire, [4] [5] and subsequently knocked down and rebuilt.

Notable alumni

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Oxley High School, North Tamworth, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Annual Report 2018" (PDF). Oxley High School. New South Wales Department of Education. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "About our school". Oxley High School. 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  4. ↑ "Oxley High School – Woollam Constructions". Woollam Constructions. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  5. ↑ Chillingworth, Breanna (31 July 2017). "Ex-student jailed for $12m school fire". The Northern Daily Leader. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
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