Illawarra Sports High School

Illawarra Sports High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive and specialist secondary day school, with speciality in sports, located in Berkeley, a southern suburb of Wollongong, in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia.

Illawarra Sports High School
Location
Berkeley, New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	34°28′49″S 150°51′13″E
Information
Former name	Berkeley High School (1956-1998)
Type	Government-funded co-educational comprehensive and specialist secondary day school
Motto	Latin: Integer vitae (Blameless in Life)
Established	1956; 69 years ago (1956) (as Berkeley High School)
School district	Illawarra North; Regional South
Educational authority	New South Wales Department of Education
Specialist	Sports school
Principal	Gary Hampton
Teaching staff	64.3 FTE (2018)[1]
Years	7–12
Enrolment	737[1] (2018)
Campus type	Suburban
Colour(s)	Navy, light blue, white
Affiliation	NSW Sport High School Association
Website	illawaspor-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

Established in 1956 as the Berkeley High School, the school changed its name in 1998 in line with becoming a sports-oriented school. The Illawarra Sports High School caters for approximately 740 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom 13 percent identified as Indigenous Australians and 27 percent were from a language background other than English.^[1] The school draws the majority of its students from the southern Wollongong area; with an increasing number of students from the larger Illawarra area who access its specialist sports programs.^[2] The school is operated by the New South Wales Department of Education; the principal is Gary Hampton.

Illawarra Sports High School is a member of the NSW Sports High Schools Association.^[3]

Sports offered

The Illawarra Sports High School operates a talented sports development program across the following sports: basketball, boxing, hockey, netball, rugby league, rugby union, soccer (affiliated with the Sydney FC^[4][5]), surfing,^[6] touch football,^[7] and wrestling.

Notable alumni

• Caitlin Foord – soccer player, played with the Matildas, Arsenal and Sydney FC^[8]
• Tyson Frizell – rugby league footballer; played with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, St. George Illawarra Dragons, Newcastle Knights, Wales, and Australian Schoolboys in rugby union
• Ryan Gregson – middle-distance runner; represented Australia at the 2012 Olympics^[9]
• Keith Lulia – rugby league footballer; played with the St. George Illawarra Dragons, Newcastle Knights, Bradford Bulls, and Wests Tigers^[10]
• Trent Merrin – rugby league footballer; played with the St George Illawarra Dragons and New South Wales State of Origin
• Les Murray AM – former broadcaster, sports journalist and analyst^[5]
• Brett Stewart – rugby league footballer; played with the Manly Sea Eagles, New South Wales State of Origin, and Kangaroos
• Glenn Stewart – rugby league footballer; played with the Manly Sea Eagles, New South Wales State of Origin, and Kangaroos
• Maddison Weatherall – women's rugby league footballer; plays for St George Illawarra Dragons
• Jayden Sullivan – rugby league footballer; plays for St George Illawarra Dragons

See also

• New South Wales portal
• Schools portal

• List of government schools in New South Wales: G–P
• List of schools in Illawarra and the South East
• Selective school (New South Wales)
• Education in Australia