Queanbeyan High School

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| name = Queanbeyan High School

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| established = {{start date and age|1959}}{{cite web |url=https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/doe-nsw-schools/annual-report/2018/8216/2018_Queanbeyan_High_School_Annual_Report.pdf |title=Annual Report 2018 |work=Queanbeyan High School |publisher=New South Wales Department of Education |date=20 May 2019 |access-date=20 July 2019 |page=2 }}

| type = Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school

| educational_authority = NSW Department of Education

| district = Queanbeyan; Rural South and West

| principal = Jennifer Green{{cite web |url=https://queanbeyan-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/about-our-school/our-staff.html |title=Our staff |work=Mount Austin High School |publisher=NSW Department of Education |date=2019 |access-date=20 July 2019 }}

| teaching_staff = 52.9 FTE (2018)

| enrolment = ~500{{cite web |url=https://www.myschool.edu.au/school/42914 |title=Queanbeyan High School, Queanbeyan, NSW: School profile |work=My School |publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority |date=2019 |access-date=20 July 2019}}

| enrolment_as_of = 2018

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| grades = 712

| location = Queanbeyan, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales

| country = Australia

| coordinates = {{coord|-35.3531|149.2215|type:edu_region:AU-NSW|display=inline,title|format=dms}}

| campus_type = Regional

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| website = {{URL|queanbeyan-h.schools.nsw.gov.au}}

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Queanbeyan High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Queanbeyan, in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1959, the school enrolled approximately 500 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom 13 per cent identified as Indigenous Australians and 22 per cent from a language background other than English. The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the principal is Jennifer Green.

Overview

The school runs a number of innovative programs including The Personal Best program in which students select to be in these classes if they wish to be challenged and encouraged in their learning: The College Program in which Year 11 and 12 sit for three subjects each year, and sit for the Higher School Certificate. Over two years, students complete 6 subjects but this method reduces the stress, enables more subjects to run, and gives both years of senior study purpose and dignity.

Notable alumni

  • Allan Hawke {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AC}}{{spaced endash}}senior public servant, diplomat, former Chancellor of the Australian National University
  • David Campese{{spaced endash}} Australian Rugby Union representative.{{Cite web |title=David Ian Campese |url=https://classicwallabies.com.au/players/david-ian-campese |access-date=1 September 2022 |website=Classic Wallabies}}

See also

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