Conservatorium High School

This article is about the music high school. For the tertiary music school and heritage-listed building, see Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

Conservatorium High School
Front western view of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Location
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Royal Botanic Gardens, off Macquarie Street, Sydney central business district, New South Wales

Australia
Coordinates33°51′48″S 151°12′51″E / 33.86333°S 151.21417°E / -33.86333; 151.21417
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TypeGovernment-funded co-educational selective and specialist secondary day school
MottoLatin: Fiat Lux
(Let there be light)
Established1915; 109 years ago (1915)
FounderHenri Verbrugghen
School districtPort Jackson
Educational authorityNew South Wales Department of Education
SpecialistMusic
PrincipalIan Barker
Years7–12
Enrolmentc. 150-200[1] (2015)
NicknameConHigh
Websiteconservat-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
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The Conservatorium High School (colloquially known as Con High) is a public government-funded, co-educational, selective, secondary day school that specialises in music education. It lies on the western edge of the Royal Botanic Gardens, off Macquarie Street, in Sydney's CBD.

The School is the secondary arm of the tertiary Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and is the only specialist music high school in New South Wales.

  1. ^ "Conservatorium High School". School Locator. New South Wales Public Schools. Archived from the original on 28 July 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2008.