Matraville Sports High School

Matraville Sports High School
Location
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Anzac Parade, Chifley, Sydney, New South Wales

Australia
Coordinates33°57′54″S 151°14′41″E / 33.96500°S 151.24472°E / -33.96500; 151.24472
Information
Former nameMatraville High School
TypeGovernment-funded co-educational comprehensive and specialist secondary day school
MottoEndeavour
Established
  • January 1960; 64 years ago (1960-01)
    (as Matraville High School)[1]
  • December 2001; 22 years ago (2001-12)
    (as Matraville Sports High)[1]
School districtBotany Bay; Metropolitan South
Educational authorityNew South Wales Department of Education
SpecialistSports school
PrincipalNerida Walker
Years7–12
Enrolment305[2] (2011)
Campus typeSuburban
Colour(s)Navy and sky blue   
AffiliationNSW Sports High School Association
Websitematrasport-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
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Matraville Sports High School (abbreviated as MSHS) is a government co-educational comprehensive and specialist secondary school, with speciality in sports, located on Anzac Parade, Chifley, in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1960 as Matraville High School, the school became a specialist high school in December 2001 and caters for approximately 300 students from Year 7 to Year 12. The school is operated by the New South Wales Department of Education; the principal is Nerida Walker. Its alumni include Bob Carr and a number of professional sportsmen and women, with its tradition in producing prominent rugby league and rugby union players earning the school the description as a "great rugby nursery".[3] Matraville Sports High School is a member of the NSW Sports High Schools Association.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Matraville Sports High - Cumberland". History of New South Wales government schools. NSW Department of Education. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Matraville Sports High School". School Locator. NSW Public Schools. Archived from the original on 12 April 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  3. ^ Visontay, Michael (11 July 1985). "A great rugby nursery". The Eastern Herald. The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 26.
  4. ^ "High Performance Schools". School programs. Cricket NSW. 2019. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.