Sefton High School

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Sefton High School

Location
Sefton, NSW, Australia
Information
Type	Government Coeducational Partially Selective Secondary
Motto	Sincerity, Scholarship, Service
Established	1962
Principal	S. M. Coombes
Grades	7 – 12
Enrolment	~1100
Campus	Sefton
Colour(s)	Navy Blue and White.
Website	http://www.sefton-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Sefton High School is a partially selective high school in Sefton, Sydney, Australia. It is a full day, co-educational secondary school, and is a public school operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training.

Sefton High School has some extracurricular activities including sport (e.g. "Dance Troupe"), the vocal group, debating and history debating. Recreational sports offered throughout the year incorporate: yoga, theatre sports, soccer, volleyball, basketball, bocci-lawn bowls, ten pin bowling, chess, mini-tennis, table tennis, lawn tennis, dance and swimming.

In the lower four grades (years 7 through to 10), approximately half of the students are selected by an entrance examination ("selective"), while the other half are accepted by virtue of local residency ("community"). However, in years 11 and 12, the two streams are not differentiated.

History

Sefton High School received its first students on January 30, 1961. It was at first planned as "Chester Hill High School". The plan was changed, however, and eventually a separate, non-selective school was established in the nearby suburb of Chester Hill. From the beginning, Sefton High School featured a large diversity in the origin of its students.

Campus

The school grounds cover almost an entire block along Hector Street. In addition, there is a hall/gymnasium, an industrial arts building, a canteen and 6 major classroom blocks. In 2005 a new building was opened. It contains a Library, including a computer room and a multi-media room, four classrooms and an administration area.

In addition to the gymnasium, sports facilities include outdoor basketball courts, a football field, netball courts, volleyball courts and various playing areas.

Alumni

Leslie La, motivational speaker and stand up comedian. Also, an avid reteller of war stories. However, the premises of said war stories are sometimes questionable. ^{[citation needed]}
Professor Robert Bartels, head of School of Economics and former head of School of Business, University of Sydney. ^{[citation needed]}
Terry Lamb, rugby league player
Stevie Wright, The Easybeats vocalist
George Young, The Easybeats guitarist
Graham Goddard, Bankstown Local Business proprietor
Sabrina Houssami, Miss World Australia 2006
Rebecca Rippon, Water Polo player and Bronze Medal Olympian

SRC Talent Quest

The SRC talent quest is held every year in term two. Heats are held before hand in weeks prior to week 10. The finals, are on the last day of term during the last period.

External links

v t e Selective schools of New South Wales, Australia

Fully selective	Baulkham Hills High School Caringbah High School Fort Street High School Girraween High School Gosford High School Hornsby Girls' High School Merewether High School Normanhurst Boys' High School North Sydney Boys High School North Sydney Girls High School NBSC: Manly Selective Campus Penrith Academically Selective High School Smith's Hill High School St George Girls High School Sydney Boys High School Sydney Girls High School Sydney Technical High School

Partially selective	Alexandria Park Community School Blacktown Boys High School Blacktown Girls High School Bonnyrigg High School Chatswood High School Duval High School Elizabeth Macarthur High School Gorokan High School Grafton High School Karabar High School Kooringal High School Macquarie Fields High School Moorebank High School Parramatta High School Peel High School Prairiewood High School Rose Bay Secondary College Ryde Secondary College Sefton High School St Marys Senior High School Sydney Secondary College Tempe High School

Selective agricultural	Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School Hurlstone Agricultural High School James Ruse Agricultural High School Yanco Agricultural High School

v t e City of Bankstown, South-western Sydney

Suburbs and localities within the City of Bankstown	Bankstown Bass Hill Birrong Chester Hill Chullora Condell Park East Hills Georges Hall Greenacre Manahan Milperra Mount Lewis Padstow Padstow Heights Panania Picnic Point Potts Hill Punchbowl Revesby Revesby Heights Sefton Villawood Yagoona

War history	Bankstown Bunker No. 1 Fighter Sector RAAF History of Bankstown during World War II HMS Nabberley

Crime	Bilal Skaf Milperra massacre Roger Rogerson Sydney gang rapes Villawood Immigration Detention Centre

Education	Alphacrucis Al Amanah College Bankstown Boys (Bankstown Senior College) Bankstown City Library Bankstown Girls Bass High School Georges River Grammar LaSalle Catholic College Malek Fahd Islamic School St Euphemia College Sefton High School University of Western Sydney

Public transport bus service	McVicar's Bus Services Punchbowl Bus Company Transdev NSW

Public transport by rail	Airport line Bankstown Line Bankstown station Birrong station Chester Hill station Leightonfield station Punchbowl station Sefton station Villawood station Yagoona station East Hills station Padstow station Panania station Revesby station

Sports facilities & Public parks	Bankstown Oval Dunc Gray Velodrome Garrison Point Georges River National Park Jensen Oval McLeod Reserve Mirambeena Regional Park O'Neill Park Salt Pan Creek Terry Lamb Complex

Other utilities	Bankstown Airport Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital

Sports teams	Bankstown Berries FC Bankstown City Lions Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Chester Hill Rhinos Bankstown City Bulls Yagoona Lions

Notable residents past and present	Akmal Saleh Anh Do Brett Emerton Brett Holman Bryan Brown Casey Donovan Christian Heim Danny Adcock Geoff Robinson Hard-Ons Ian Thorpe John Burgess Mamdouh Habib Mark Waugh Paul Keating Paulini Curuenavuli Steve Waugh Tahir Bilgiç Terry Lamb Vince Sorrenti

Other topics	Bankstown Bites Food Festival Canterbury-Bankstown Centro Bankstown Division of Banks Electoral district of Bankstown (results)

List of Sydney suburbs

Coordinates: 33°53′S 151°01′E / 33.883°S 151.017°E / -33.883; 151.017

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