Sydney Secondary College

Sydney Secondary College
Quality, Opportunity, Diversity
Location
Leichhardt, Balmain & Glebe, New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	33°52′30″S 151°11′17″E / 33.87500°S 151.18806°E / -33.87500; 151.18806Coordinates: 33°52′30″S 151°11′17″E / 33.87500°S 151.18806°E / -33.87500; 151.18806
Information
Type	Public, partially selective, Co-educational, Secondary, Day school
Established	2002
Principal	Judy Kelly
Enrolment	~2,000
Campus	Suburban
Colour(s)	Black, White & Blue
Website	sydneysecondary.nsw.edu.au

Sydney Secondary College is a college of three high schools campuses operating in Sydney's Inner-West.

Campuses

The three campuses that make up Sydney Secondary College are:

Leichhardt Campus, a co-educational, years 7-10, partially selective school
Balmain Campus, a co-educational, years 7-10, partially selective school
Blackwattle Bay Campus, a co-educational, years 11-12, mainstream school.

Students who enrol at either of the Balmain or Leichhardt Campuses usually continue to senior secondary school at the Blackwattle Bay Campus.

History

The college was formed in 2002, after a plan for revitalisation of public education in the inner-city was introduced. The three pre-existing independent high schools were linked to form Sydney Secondary College. Facilities across the three campuses were renovated.

Starting from 2005, Leichhardt and Balmain became junior campuses (years 7-10), with an emphasis on middle schooling. Blackwattle Bay, formerly Glebe High School, became the specialist senior campus (11-12), being able to offer one of the widest curriculum choices in Sydney.

Leichhardt, while formerly the smallest school in NSW (in terms of area) has now expanded with a sporting oval, at the cost of A$6 million.

Sport

Sport is compulsory for years 7-11 and is held on Tuesday afternoons. The junior Campuses have a strong sporting tradition and a friendly rivalry. If a student in years 7-10 decides not to participate in a grade sport, they can choose recreational sport, which consists of a mix of all sports. . Various all-college events are held throughout the year, including the Swimming, Cross Country and Athletics Carnivals, and Gala Days.^[1] Blackwattle is on the waterfront, which allows students the opportunity to undertake rowing, dragonboat racing and kayaking as extracurricular activities.

Notable alumni

Renuga Veeran - Australian representative to the 2012 Olympics in badminton^[2]

References

↑ "Sport & physical activity". Retrieved 24 July 2013.
↑ "London 2012 - Renuga Veeran Athlete Profile". Retrieved 4 August 2012.

External links

Selective schools of New South Wales, Australia

Fully selective	Baulkham Hills High School Caringbah High School Fort Street High School Girraween High School Gosford High School Hornsby Girls' High School Merewether High School Normanhurst Boys' High School North Sydney Boys High School North Sydney Girls High School NBSC: Manly Selective Campus Penrith High School Smith's Hill High School St George Girls High School Sydney Boys High School Sydney Girls High School Sydney Technical High School

Partially selective	Alexandria Park Community School Blacktown Boys High School Blacktown Girls High School Bonnyrigg High School Chatswood High School Duval High School Elizabeth Macarthur High School Gorokan High School Grafton High School Karabar High School Kooringal High School Macquarie Fields High School Moorebank High School Parramatta High School Peel High School Prairiewood High School Rose Bay Secondary College Ryde Secondary College Sefton High School St Marys Senior High School Sydney Secondary College Tempe High School

Selective agricultural	Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School Hurlstone Agricultural High School James Ruse Agricultural High School Yanco Agricultural High School

High schools in the Sydney region

Botany Bay Network	Randwick Boys HS Randwick Girls HS Matraville Sports HS South Sydney HS

Georges River Network	Blakehurst HS Georges River College (with Oatley Senior Campus Hurstville Boys Campus Peakhurst Campus Penshurst Girls Campus) James Cook Boys Tech. HS Kogarah HS Moorefield Girls HS St George Girls HS Sydney Tech. HS

Inner City Network	Alexandria Park Community School Dulwich HS of Visual Arts and Design Newtown HS of the Performing Arts Tempe HS

Inner West Network	Ashfield Boys HS Burwood Girls HS Canterbury Boys HS Canterbury Girls HS Kingsgrove North HS

Port Hacking Network	Cronulla HS Kirrawee HS Endeavour Sports HS Port Hacking HS Sylvania HS Woolooware HS

Port Jackson Network	Conservatorium Sydney Boys HS Sydney Girls HS Sydney Secondary College (with Balmain Campus Blackwattle Bay Campus Leichhardt Campus)

Woronora River Network	Engadine HS Heathcote HS The Jannali HS Lucas Heights Community School Menai HS

Network 8	Fort Street HS Gymea HS JJ Cahill Memorial HS Kingsgrove HS Marrickville HS Rose Bay SC

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