Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Address: Lysaght St Fairy Meadow 2519

Phone: 4229 6844

Fax: 4226 4128

Email: wollongong-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts is a specialist co-educational, government secondary school located in Fairy Meadow, a suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, run by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training. It was founded in 1916.

Wollongong High School was opened in 1916 on the site now occupied by Smiths Hill High School. It was the only high school in the Illawarra and until the mid 1980s was the region’s only academically selective high school. The school moved to its current site in 1956.

In 1993, it was renamed Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts and today approximately 60% of the students who attend here are talented and enthusiastic dance, drama, music and visual arts students.

Since 1916, many students have graduated from the school and have made significant contributions in a variety of areas including academic, law, medicine, science, the arts, the public service and business.

The school enrols both local area students and students who gain entry through auditions. The school estimates that over a third of the student body has gained entry through auditions. Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts has been offering exceptional educational opportunities to students across the Illawarra for almost one hundred years. They have the twin goals of academic excellence and excellence in the performing arts. The school has a diverse student population with students travelling from as far as Engadine and Berry to participate in its educational and artistic programs. Academic results are consistently above state average and performance standards are excellent. Their core values of safety, tolerance, achievement and respect provide the basis for a dynamic and caring school.

Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts is focused on excellence, providing quality academic and artistic programs to enable students to reach high standards of personal attainment.

In an environment which values and respects honest effort, hard work, tolerance and diversity, our aim is to establish in all students a foundation for achievement and positive participation in their interpersonal, working and community lives.

Enrolment

They can help you with your enrolment enquiries anytime throughout the year.

High school expressions of interest

If your child is currently enrolled in another public or non-government school, and you wish to apply to enrol in their school, contact them to obtain an expression of interest form to complete and return to the school.

They will contact you once a decision has been made about your child’s potential enrolment, and next steps.

If your child has a temporary visa or visitor visa you will first need to apply to enrol by contacting the temporary residents program who will give you forms to bring to the school.

It’s important that you tell the principal if your child has any special circumstances, allergies, health or medical conditions, before your child starts school.

For more information you can visit the website below

http://www.wollongong-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/sws/view/976065.node