Yanco Agricultural High School

Yanco Agricultural High School
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Australia
Coordinates34°38′07″S 146°23′00″E / 34.6354°S 146.3834°E / -34.6354; 146.3834
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TypeGovernment-funded co-educational academically selective and specialist secondary day school
MottoLatin: Ut Sementem Feceris Ita Metes
(As you sow, so shall you reap)
EstablishedMarch 1922; 102 years ago (1922-03)[1]
School districtNarrandera; Rural South and West
Educational authorityNSW Department of Education
SpecialistAgricultural school
PrincipalMarni Milne
Teaching staff34.2 FTE (2018)[2]
Years712
Enrolment287[2] (2018)
Campus size280 hectares (692 acres)
Campus typeRural and regional
Colour(s)Royal blue, grey, white, khaki     
AlumniOld Yanconians
Websiteyancoag-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
Official nameYanco Agricultural High School; North Yanco Station; Samuel McCaughey's Homestead
TypeState heritage (built)
Designated7 June 2019
Reference no.2021
TypeSchool – Agricultural
CategoryEducation
BuildersWilliam McFadzean of Narrandera (McCaughey Mansion)

The Yanco Agricultural High School, abbreviated as YAHS, is a government-funded co-educational academically selective and specialist secondary boarding school, located in Yanco in the Leeton Shire local government area, in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia.

Yanco Agricultural High School is one of four government agricultural high schools; and is the only residential boarding school in New South Wales to have no day students. The school serves the south of New South Wales and Victoria, with the other agricultural high schools serving the other regions of the state.

Established in March 1922,[1] the school catered for approximately 300 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, including eight percent who identified as Indigenous Australians and one percent from a language background other than English.[2] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the principal is Greg Hunt.

Yanco Agricultural High School is located approximately ten kilometres (six miles) from the Leeton town centre along Euroley Road on a 280-hectare (692-acre) site including 60 hectares (150 acres) of natural bushland bordered by the Murrumbidgee River.[3] YAHS enjoys sport and plays around the district in school competitions, and in inter-town competitions.

The heritage-listed site was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 7 June 2019.[4]

  1. ^ a b Barwick, W. H. (n.d.). "About our school: History". Yanco Agricultural High School. NSW Department of Education. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Yanco Agricultural High School, Yanco, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  3. ^ "About our school: Our facilities". Yanco Agricultural High School. NSW Department of Education. n.d. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Yanco Agricultural High School". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H02021. Retrieved 18 February 2020. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.