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
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

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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