Newcastle High School (Australia)

Newcastle High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Newcastle West,^[5] a suburb of Newcastle, in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia.

Newcastle High School
Location
160–200 Parkway Avenue, Hamilton South, Hunter Region, New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	32°55′56″S 151°45′28″E
Information
Former name	Newcastle Girls' High School
Type	Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
Motto	Latin: Remis Velisque (With Oars and Sails; with all one's might[1][2])
Established	1929; 96 years ago (1929) (as Newcastle Girls' High School)
Educational authority	New South Wales Department of Education
Principal	Janene Rosser
Teaching staff	81.2 FTE (2018)[3]
Years	7–12
Enrolment	1,079[3] (2018)
Campus	Urban
Colour(s)	Red and blue
Website	newcastle-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
[4]

Established in 1929, the school enrolled approximately 1,080 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom nine percent identified as Indigenous Australians and nine percent were from a language background other than English.^[3] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education in accordance with the education curriculum, as determined by the New South Wales Education Standards Authority. Newcastle High School has one of the largest Special Education Unit in the Entire Hunter Region. As of October 2020 the principal is Janene Rosser.^[4]

History

Newcastle High School, which began in 1976, is the last of three schools that shared a similar and sometimes common history:

• Newcastle East Public School – established in 1906
• Newcastle Girls' High School – an academically selective girls' only high school which began its separate existence (from "The Hill") in 1929 at Hamilton
• Newcastle Boys' High School – an academically selective boys' only high school which moved to Waratah in 1934

The school occupies the campuses previously occupied by two girls' high schools: Hunter Girls' High School and Newcastle Girls' High School. The campus of Newcastle Boys' High School became non-selective and co-educational in 1977 and changed its name to Waratah High School that same year. Later it became Waratah Technology High School, then Callaghan College Waratah Technology Campus.

Notable alumni

Newcastle Girls' High School

• Virginia Chadwick – former NSW Cabinet Minister and politician^[6]
• Julie Sutton – former Mayor of Warringah Council^[7]

Newcastle High School (1976–present)

• Jamie Brazier – Papua New Guinea cricketer^[8]
• Sam Burns – Lead guitar and all round mad dog in NCHC bands including Onslaught
• Belinda Clark – Australian women's cricket captain^[9]
• Ben Gillies – drummer in Australian rock band Silverchair^[10]
• Chris Joannou – bass guitarist in Australian rock band Silverchair^[10]
• Daniel Johns – vocalist and guitarist in Australian rock band Silverchair^[10]
• Miranda Otto – actress^[11]
• Archie Goodwin – Football Player for the Newcastle Jets^[12]

See also

• New South Wales portal
• Schools portal

• List of government schools in New South Wales: G–P
• Education in Australia