Oxley High School

Oxley High School
Location
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 Coordinates: 31°04′43″S150°56′22″E / 31.07861°S 150.93944°E / -31.07861; 150.93944
Information
Type	Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
Established	1968;55 years ago (1968)
School district	Peel; Regional North
Educational authority	NSW Department of Education
Principal	Simon Bartlett–Taylor
Teaching staff	73.0 FTE (2018) [1]
Years	7–12
Enrolment	967 [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 is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in North Tamworth, in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia.

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 Simon Bartlett–Taylor. ^{[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

• Josh Hazlewood, an Australian international cricketer

• Philip Quast, singer and actor

See also

• New South Wales portal
• Schools portal

• List of government schools in New South Wales
• Schools in Tamworth, New South Wales
• Education in Australia

References

1. "Oxley High School, North Tamworth, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
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.

External links

• Official website