Urrbrae Agricultural High School

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Urrbrae Agricultural High School
Address
505 Fullarton Road, Netherby Adelaide , South Australia , 5062 Australia
Coordinates	34°57′56″S 138°37′32″E / 34.965473°S 138.625595°E / -34.965473; 138.625595 (Urrbrae Agricultural High School)
Information
Type	Secondary school
Established	1913; 111 years ago (1913)
Principal	Joslyn Fox
Gender	Co-educational
Enrolment	Approx. 1,058
Colour(s)	Green, yellow and maroon
Website	www.urrbraehs.sa.edu.au

Urrbrae Agricultural High School is a public high school in the Australian state of South Australia, with 1,500 students. The school is located in the Adelaide suburb of Netherby, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south-east of the Adelaide city centre. It is adjacent to the Waite Agricultural Research Institute of the University of Adelaide, the CSIRO Agricultural Research facilities in the suburb of Urrbrae, and various other agricultural and horticultural facilities established by Peter Waite, the University of Adelaide, and the South Australian state government.

The school is designated as a Special Interest School in Agriculture and the Environment, and is the only comprehensive special interest agricultural secondary school in South Australia.^[1] Its courses are strongly focused on agriculture, horticulture, viticulture, aquaculture, environmental earth, and other environmental subjects. Agricultural awards are awarded in these areas each year. Urrbrae also has a strong science and technology background, with extensive technology workshops, and many related courses available to students; (e.g. environmental technology and automotive technology). It also offers education programs for adults, and houses a TAFE campus.

Urrbrae Agricultural High School has an application process for students in Year 6 who wish to attend Urrbrae in their secondary school years. Unlike most public schools, Urrbrae is not part of the zonal system, and does not accept students based on where they live. Being the only comprehensive special interest agricultural secondary school in the State, it has students from all over the state. Students from country and distant areas often board locally, and many students travel long distances to school.

The campus includes a 35 hectare farm, (total size including farm, wetlands and school. TAFE is 45 hectares) and year 10 students give trail tours to visiting students from other schools. Urrbrae also has a swimming pool, a rock climbing wall, new tennis courts and large playing fields. A third of the site is a wetland, which is at which tours to other school are run by Urrbrae.