Kotara High School

Kotara High School
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Australia
Coordinates32°56′50″S 151°42′27″E / 32.94723°S 151.70750°E / -32.94723; 151.70750
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TypeGovernment-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
MottoWe Aim High
EstablishedJanuary 1968; 56 years ago (1968-01)[1]
School districtGlenrock; Regional North
Educational authorityNew South Wales Department of Education
PrincipalMark Sneddon[2]
Teaching staff76.8 FTE (2018)[3]
Years712
Enrolment1,070[3] (2018)
Campus typeUrban
Colour(s)Green, white, black and yellow
SongWe Aim High
Websitekotara-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
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Kotara High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Adamstown Heights, a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1968, the school enrolled approximately 1,070 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom three percent identified as Indigenous Australians and eleven percent were from a language background other than English.[3] The school is operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and its current principal is Mark Sneddon.

  1. ^ "Lake Mac Libraries/Kotara South". Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  2. ^ "The Newcastle Herald". Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Kotara High School, Adamstown, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  4. ^ "School Locator: Kotara High School". Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  5. ^ "NSW Data, Government School Locations.xlsx". Retrieved 12 November 2016.