Arthur Phillip High School

Overview

CRICOS Provider: 00588M School Profile: The students of Arthur Phillips Public High School come from more than 40 countries with different cultures. The school encourages students to be responsible for their own learning, emphasizing the learning of literacy, calculation and technical skills. In response to the continuous changes in today's multicultural and technological society, the school has set up flexible and diverse courses to ensure that students have the ability and quality to meet challenges. The school’s core values are: achievement, commitment and progress.

Description

Arthur Phillip High School

Year of establishment: 1875

Year opened: Year7 -Year12

School Address: Macquarie Street Parramatta NSW 2124

Total number of students: 1580

School motto: The living force.

School Profile:

Welcome to Arthur Phillip High School. We have a very strong historic tradition in Parramatta and are proud of the way our multicultural education community operates. We are a 21st century city school with 1297 students.

Arthur Phillip High School is an internationally recognised leader of teaching and learning using technology. We believe our students must also be technologically literate if they are to compete in the complex world of work in the 21st century.
One to one laptop learning has been a feature at the school for many years. We are pleased to be implementing many new ways of working with technology across the school. We teach the children of the new millennium: we are keen to ensure our students find school relevant and engaging so they are always able to make real world connections with what they are learning.

Geographical environment:

The school is located in the western part of Sydney, about 20 kilometers away from the center of Sydney (about 30 minutes by train). The transportation is convenient. There are large shopping malls near the school and life is very convenient.

School facilities:

Internet cafe; art center with image, photography and darkroom equipment; musical instrument and music center; commercial kitchen, etc.

Course features:

1. English as a Second Language (ESL)

2. Selectable languages: French, Italian

3. Featured activities:

Lead the project;

Sports competition;

Debate and speech projects;

Vocational courses

Academic courses of vocational colleges and universities, etc.

4. Student Service Center: individual learning plan for students; career resource center; peer mediation group

5. HSC test results: 13 students have a high score of 90 or more in the ATAR test; more than 70% of the students enter the university for further study;

https://arthurphil-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/about-our-school.html