Westfields Sports High School

Westfields Sports High School
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Australia
Coordinates33°52′00″S 150°55′12″E / 33.866728°S 150.920104°E / -33.866728; 150.920104
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TypeGovernment-funded co-educational comprehensive and specialist secondary day school
MottoLatin: Fortitudo
(Courage and Valour)
Established1963; 61 years ago (1963)
School districtFairfield; Metropolitan South & West
Educational authorityNew South Wales Department of Education
SpecialistSports school
PrincipalAndrew Rogers
Faculty~115
Teaching staff112.4 FTE (2018)[1]
Years712
Enrolment1,662[1] (2018)
Area7 hectares (17 acres)
Campus typeSuburban
Colour(s)Blue and gold   
NewspaperWestnews
AffiliationNSW Sports High Schools Association
Websitewestfields-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
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Westfields Sports High School (abbreviated as WSHS) is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive and specialist secondary day school, with speciality in sports, located in Fairfield West, a western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1963, the school caters for approximately 1,660 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom three percent identified as Indigenous Australians and 66 percent were from a language background other than English.[1] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the principal is Andrew Rogers.

Westfields Sports High School is a member of the NSW Sports High Schools Association.[3] The school sits on a total area of approximately seven hectares (seventeen acres).

  1. ^ a b c "Westfields Sports High School, Fairfield West, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  2. ^ "NSW Department of Education and Training: Westfields Sports High School". Retrieved 20 June 2010.
  3. ^ "High Performance Schools". School programs. Cricket NSW. 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.