Blakehurst High School

Overview

CRICOS Provider: 00588M School profile: Blakehurst Public High School is a comprehensive, co-educational high school that provides professional language education, offering courses from grades 7 to 12. The school provides students with a harmonious and harmonious atmosphere, pays attention to the all-round development of students' society, morals, physiology, and intelligence, and has excellent teaching quality. Promote students' all-round development by setting up reasonable and diverse courses and holding various activities. The school has rich experience in caring for overseas students, and some teachers who can speak Chinese are responsible for contacting Chinese parents.

Description

Blakehurst High School

Year of establishment: 1960

Year opened: Year7 -Year12

School Address: 270a Woniora Road Blakehurst NSW 2221

Total number of students: 1138

School Profile:

Blakehurst is a largeYear 7 to 12 school with over 1100 students, located in the southern suburbs of Sydney.

The school prides itself on its outstanding academic record, with excellent results in external assessments such as NAPLAN, the School Certificate and Higher School Certificate. Blakehurst is considered one of the leading comprehensive high schools in the Sydney Region.

School students come from a wide range of backgrounds and nationalities. We are proud of our inclusiveness. Blakehurst High is seen as a lighthouse school in the area of student welfare i.e. it leads the way for other educational institutions.

Staff at Blakehurst High School are well trained and very hard working. Parents often comment on staff professionalism and willingness to help. Staff are totally committed to continual improvement in teaching and learning in order to achieve the best educational outcomes for their students. All staff are involved in ongoing, targeted professional learning to achieve this aim.

Blakehurst High School has a vibrant P&C organisation which actively involves itself in the operation of the school.

The aim for Blakehurst High School is to continue to build on its excellence; to work with the school community and improve what we already do well.  Recent academic results show that this is happening and that the staff is committed to ensuring it continues.

Geographical environment:

Located in the south of Sydney’s city center, with the train station and bus station nearby, the transportation is very convenient; it is close to the George River area, which is convenient for water sports, and is located in a lush and leafy area with a beautiful environment.

School facilities:

Language room; modern library with audio-visual center; computer room and laboratory of expert industry standard; auditorium; stadium; computer-aided drawing laboratory; modern science laboratory; open learning center and national standard basketball court, etc.

Course features:

1. English as a Second Language (ESL)

2. Available languages: Chinese, Spanish; French; German; Italian; Modern Greek

3. Featured activities:

Debate and public speaking;

Mock trial

Playing band

Reading group

Mutual assistance in reading and writing calculation counseling;

Camping course

Business service courses;

Chess club

Competitive sports;

Community service courses, etc.

4. Student Service Center: Homework Center—Free tutoring, twice a week, from 15:00 to 17:00 in the afternoon; support and mediation group for classmates; Preparatory courses for grade 11 are exclusively for international students

5. HSC test results: 20% of the students met the ATAR test; more than 90.9% of the students successfully applied to the university at one time.

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