Sefton High School
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| Sefton High School |
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| Motto: Sincerity, Scholarship, Service | |
| Established | 1962 |
| Type | Public Coeducational Partially Selective Secondary |
| Principal | Mrs. S.M. Coombes |
| Students | 1080 |
| Grades | 7 – 12 |
| Location | Sefton, NSW Australia |
| Colours | Navy, sky blue and white. |
| Website | http://www.sefton-h.schools.nsw.edu.au |
Sefton High School is a partially selective high school in Sefton, Sydney, Australia. It is a full day, co-educational secondary school, and is a public school operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training. Sefton High School is considered one of the best partially selective schools in New South Wales, and consistently receives the highest HSC result among partially selective schools. In the lower four grades (Years 7 through 10), approximately half of the students are selected by a competitive entrance examination ("selective" classes), while the other half are accepted by virtue of local residency ("community" classes). However, in Years 11 and 12 the two streams are not differentiated.
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[edit] History
Sefton High School received its first students on January 30, 1961. It was at first planned as "Chester Hill High School". The plan was changed, however, and eventually a separate, non-selective school was established in the nearby suburb of Chester Hill. From the beginning, Sefton High School featured a large diversity in the origin of its students. Many of its first students were "New Australians" who had recently arrived from the United Kingdom and who were living in nearby Villawood. The large proportion of students from a non-Australian background continues to this day.
[edit] Campus
Sefton High School is located in Sefton, a suburb in the south-west of Sydney. The school grounds cover almost an entire block along Hector Street. The main building is a three-sided, two-storey building surrounding a rectangular playground. In addition, there is an assembly hall, a gymnasium, an industrial sciences building, as well as an administrative block and a newly developed library.
In addition to the gymansium, sports facilities include outdoor basketball courts, a football field, and various smaller playing areas. The back oval has been recently rejuinvated, with the grounds being smoothed out and brand new grass being laid, all up, costing about $100K. New handball court lines, including an 8 square court, have also been painted on the new bitumen which was laid during the 2005/2006 School holidays.
[edit] Alumni
- Professor Robert Bartels, head of School of Economics and former head of School of Business, University of Sydney.
- Terry Lamb, rugby league player.
- Sabrina Houssami, 3rd place, Miss World 2006
