Quakers Hill High School | |
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Location | |
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70 Lalor Road , , 2763 | |
Coordinates | 33°43′45.86″S150°53′47.61″E / 33.7294056°S 150.8965583°E |
Information | |
Type | State secondary day school |
Religious affiliation | Non-denominational |
Established | 1993[2] [3] [4] [5] |
Authority | Department of Education (New South Wales) |
Principal | Jason White [6] |
Deputy principals | |
Years | 7–12 [8] [9] |
Gender | Coeducational [9] : 5 |
Enrolment | 861 [9] [9] : 16 (August 2024) |
Colours | |
Website | quakershil-h |
Quakers Hill High School (QHHS) is a secondary school in the Quakers Hill (New South Wales, Australia). [12] The school was opened on 27 January 1993 [3] [2] and is a member of the Nirimba Collegiate. The school is located within the City of Blacktown Council. [13]
The school has a teaching staff of 74 (Full-time equivalent of 67.9) and a non-teaching staff of 25 (Full-time equivalent of 16.5). [9]
As of 2025, the current principal is Jason White. [6] Past principals have included:
Principal | Tenure | |
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Initial Year | Final Year | |
Jason White | 2023 [14] [15] | Present [6] |
Andrew Skehan | 2017 [16] : 2 | 2022 [17] [18] |
Lauretta Claus | – | 2016 [19] : 2 |
The school caters for year 7–12 [8]
The trend in school enrolments (August figures) has been:-
Year | Boys | Girls | Total | Ref |
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2013 | 601 | 476 | 1,077 | [19] : 13 |
2014 | 587 | 450 | 1,037 | [19] : 13 [20] |
2015 | 570 | 456 | 1,026 | [19] : 13 [21] |
2016 | 564 | 469 | 1,033 | [19] : 13 [22] |
2017 | 525 | 464 | 989 | [16] : 15 [23] |
2018 | 475 | 483 | 958 | [24] : 16 [25] |
2019 | 432 | 434 | 866 | [26] : 13 [27] |
2020 | 416 | 417 | 833 | [28] : 14 [29] |
2021 | 441 | 412 | 853 | [30] : 18 [31] |
2022 | 446 | 414 | 860 | [32] : 17 [33] |
2023 | 463 | 397 | 860 | [34] : 18 [35] |
2024 | 467 | 394 | 861 | [11] : 16 [9] |
2025 | PENDING | PENDING | PENDING | [ citation needed ] |
The school is located on Dharug (or Darug) people's traditional Country. This region is part of the wider Dharug land that encompasses the Cumberland Plain. [36]
The recent trends in multicultural composition been:
Year | Indigenous | LBOTE | Ref |
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2014 | 5% | 34% | [20] |
2015 | 5% | 33% | [21] |
2016 | 5% | 35% | [22] |
2017 | 5% | 35% | [23] |
2018 | 6% | 35% | [25] |
2019 | 6% | 33% | [27] |
2020 | 5% | 33% | [29] |
2021 | 5% | 33% | [31] |
2022 | 4% | 36% | [33] |
2023 | 4% | 38% | [35] |
2024 | 5% | 40% | [9] |
2025 | TBA | TBA |
Alumni | Achievement | Ref |
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Jacob Hansford | An Olympic swimmer for Australia | [ citation needed ] |
Kenrick Monk | An Olympic swimmer for Australia | [37] |
Matthew Norman | Convicted drug smuggler and member of the Bali Nine | [ citation needed ] |