{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2015}} {{Infobox school | name = Blakehurst High School | image = Blakehurst logo.png | image_size = 190px | motto = {{langx|la|Nihil Sine Labore}} | motto_translation = Nothing without work | city = [[Blakehurst, New South Wales|Blakehurst]], [[New South Wales]] | country = Australia | coordinates = {{coord|33|58|51|S|151|6|48|E|region:AU-NSW_type:edu|display=title,inline}} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 13 | type = [[Education in Australia#Government schools|Government-funded]] [[Mixed-sex school|co-educational]] [[Comprehensive school|comprehensive]] and specialist [[secondary school|secondary]] [[day school]] | specialist = [[Language]]s | educational_authority = [[Department of Education (New South Wales)|New South Wales Department of Education]] | oversight = [[New South Wales Education Standards Authority|NSW Education Standards Authority]] | principal = Sophie Kapsimalis | established = {{start date and age|1960}}<ref name="school choice">{{cite web |url=https://www.schoolchoice.com.au/BLAKEHURST-HIGH-SCHOOL-BHS/ |title=Blakehurst High School (BHS) |work=School Choice |publisher=Universal Magazines |date=n.d. |access-date=6 August 2019 }}</ref> | staff = 110 | website = {{URL|blakehurst-h.schools.nsw.gov.au}} | enrolment = 1,113<ref name=myschool>{{cite web |url=https://www.myschool.edu.au/school/41158 |title=Blakehurst High School, Blakehurst, NSW: School profile |work=My School |publisher=[[Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority]] |date=2019 |access-date=6 August 2019 }}</ref> | enrolment_as_of = 2018 | teaching_staff = 77.6 [[Full-time equivalent|FTE]] (2018)<ref name=myschool/> | campus_type = [[Suburban area|Suburban]] | grades = [[Year 7|7]]–[[Year 12|12]] | grades_label = Years }}
'''Blakehurst High School''' is a [[Education in Australia#Government schools|Government-funded]] [[Mixed-sex school|co-educational]] [[Comprehensive school|comprehensive]] and specialist [[secondary school|secondary]] [[day school]] with speciality in [[language]]s,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kolimar |first=Eva |date=2018-12-13 |title=School honours languages teacher at student awards |url=https://www.theleader.com.au/story/5808877/school-honours-languages-teacher-at-student-awards/ |access-date=2023-09-06 |website=St George & Sutherland Shire Leader}}</ref> located in [[Blakehurst, New South Wales|Blakehurst]], a [[Southern Sydney|southern]] suburb of [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], Australia.
Established in 1960, the school enrolled approximately 1,110 students in 2018, from [[Year 7]] to [[Year 12]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Our Principal and Staff – Blakehurst High School |url=https://blakehurst-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/about-us/our-principal-and-staff |access-date=2026-03-11 |website=blakehurst-h.schools.nsw.gov.au|date=2026-03-11|url-status=live}}</ref> of whom one percent identified as [[Indigenous Australians]] and 85 percent were from a [[English as a second or foreign language|language background other than English]].<ref name=myschool/> The school is operated by the [[Department of Education (New South Wales)|NSW Department of Education]] in accordance with a curriculum developed by the [[New South Wales Education Standards Authority]]; the [[Principal (school)|principal]] is Kylie Rytmeister.<ref name=":0" />
==Student composition== The school has around 1138 students, 80 teaching staff and 30 non-teaching staff. 40% of the students are from an Anglo-Celtic background and 81.8% of students identify as having a non-English speaking background, many of whom were born in Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=http://www.blakehurst-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/documents/2160598/2166601/annual_school_report_2016__final.pdf |access-date=2023-09-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322012255/http://www.blakehurst-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/documents/2160598/2166601/annual_school_report_2016__final.pdf |archive-date=22 March 2018 }}</ref> Of these students, the largest group is of Chinese background, 30% of the school population, and the second largest is Greek at 10%. Of the remaining 60%, there are over 40 language groups represented, including one Egyptian and one Mexican.
In 2000 the school was award the title ''Specialist Languages High School'' as part of the Outstanding Schools Program.<ref name="school choice"/>
==International influence== Blakehurst high school has an International students program, and enrol approximately 60 [[international student]]s each year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=International students – Blakehurst High School |url=https://blakehurst-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/about-our-school/enrolment/international-students.html |access-date=2023-09-06 |website=blakehurst-h.schools.nsw.gov.au}}</ref>
The school has an exchange student program with a partner high school in [[Japan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blakehurst High School Newsletter |url=https://blakehurst-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/content/dam/doe/sws/schools/b/blakehurst-h/newsletter/NEWSLETTER_Term_3_2018.pdf}}</ref>
==Notable alumni== * Justice [[Robert McClelland (Australian politician)|Robert McClelland]]{{spaced endash}}Judge of the Family Court of Australia, former politician who served as the [[Attorney-General of Australia]] and Member for [[Division of Barton|Barton.]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-07-18 |title=Biography |url=http://www.attorneygeneral.gov.au/www/ministers/robertmc.nsf/Page/Biography |access-date=2023-09-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080718222251/http://www.attorneygeneral.gov.au/www/ministers/robertmc.nsf/Page/Biography |archive-date=18 July 2008 }}</ref>
== Notable former teaching staff == * [[Barry Collier (politician)|Barry Collier]]{{spaced endash}}former politician, Member for [[Electoral district of Miranda|Miranda]] (1999–2011 & 2013–2015), [[social science]] teacher, 1982 to 1986.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mr Barry Joseph COLLIER, OAM, BComm, DipEd, DipLaw, GAICD (1949 – ) |url=https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/members/Pages/member-details.aspx?pk=2163 |access-date=2023-09-06 |website=parliament.nsw.gov.au}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|New South Wales|Schools}} * [[List of government schools in New South Wales: A–F]] * [[Education in Australia]]
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==External links== * {{Official website|https://blakehurst-h.schools.nsw.gov.au}}
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