Blakehurst High School

Blakehurst High School is a Government-funded co-educational comprehensive and specialist secondary day school with speciality in languages, located in Blakehurst, a southern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Blakehurst High School
Location
Blakehurst High School
Blakehurst High School
Blakehurst High School (New South Wales)
Blakehurst High School
Blakehurst High School (Australia)
Bankstown, Southern Sydney, New South Wales

Australia
Coordinates33°58′51″S 151°6′48″E
Information
TypeGovernment-funded co-educational comprehensive and specialist secondary day school
MottoLatin: Nihil Sine Labore
(Nothing without work)
Established1960 (1960)[1]
Educational authorityNew South Wales Department of Education
OversightNSW Education Standards Authority
SpecialistLanguages
PrincipalSophie Kapsimalis
Staff110
Teaching staff77.6 FTE (2018)[2]
Years7-12
Enrolment1,113[2] (2018)
Campus typeSuburban
Websiteblakehurst-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

Established in 1960, the school enrolled approximately 1,110 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom one percent identified as Indigenous Australians and 85 percent were from a language background other than English.[2] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education in accordance with a curriculum developed by the New South Wales Education Standards Authority; the principal is Sophie Kapsimalis.

Student composition

The school has around 1138 students, 80 teaching staff and 30 non-teaching staff. 40% of the students are from an Anglo-Celtic background and 81.8% of students identify as having a non-English speaking background, many of whom were born in Australia.[3] Of these students, the largest group is of Chinese background, 30% of the school population, and the second largest is Greek at 10%. Of the remaining 60%, there are over 40 language groups represented, including one Egyptian.[4]

In 2000 the school was award the title Specialist Languages High School as part of the Outstanding Schools Program.[1]

Notable alumni
  • Justice Robert McClelland – Judge of the Family Court of Australia; former politician who served as the Attorney-General of Australia and Member for Barton

Notable former teaching staff
  • Barry Collier – former politician; Member for Miranda (1999-2011 & 2013-2015); teacher, social sciences, 1982 to 1986

See also

References
  1. "Blakehurst High School (BHS)". School Choice. Universal Magazines. n.d. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  2. "Blakehurst High School, Blakehurst, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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