Sydney Secondary College Leichhardt Campus
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{{Infobox school
| name = Sydney Secondary College
Leichhardt Campus
| former_name = Leichhardt High School
| logo = Sydney Secondary College Leichhardt Campus - logo.png
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| motto = Quality, Opportunity, Diversity
| established = {{start date and age|2002}}
| type = Government-funded, co-educational, dual modality, partially academically selective and comprehensive junior secondary day school
| educational_authority = New South Wales Department of Education
| district = Iron Cove; Metropolitan South
| principal = Craig Marland{{cite web|url=https://leichhardt-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/about-our-school/from-the-principal.html|title=From the Principal|publisher=Sydney Secondary College Leichhardt Campus|access-date=19 March 2025}}
| location = {{NSWcity|Leichhardt}}, Inner Western Sydney,
New South Wales
| country = Australia
| coordinates = {{coord|33|52|45|S|151|9|33|E|region:AU-NSW|display=inline,title}}
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| enrolment_as_of = 2024
| colours = Dark blue and gold {{colorbox|002341}}{{colorbox|FDB824}}
| website = {{URL|leichhardt-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/}}
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The Leichhardt Campus of the Sydney Secondary College is a government-funded, co-educational, dual modality, partially academically selective and comprehensive junior secondary day school, located in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia. Together with the senior school at the Blackwattle Bay Campus and the other junior school at Balmain Campus, the school is a part of the Sydney Secondary College.
Established in 2002, the campus caters for approximately 1000 students from Year 7 to Year 10.
History
Prior to 2002, the school was known as Leichhardt High School which was originally founded as a co-educational and comprehensive school in 1972. Established in an area with a large number of migrant families, particularly from Mediterranean backgrounds, the school has long been known for its diversity of cultural backgrounds. This led to focused funding and pedagogical approaches towards students of non English-speaking backgrounds.{{cite news |title=Brighter Future for Inner City Children |author=Unknown |newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=18 August 1977}}
Declining enrolments at the school, together with a push towards multi-campus colleges (i.e., also including the later established Northern Beaches Secondary College and Georges River College among others) led to the amalgamation of former high schools, Leichhardt High School, Balmain High School and Glebe High School into Sydney Secondary College in 2002. In the first year after establishment, the college had a combined enrolment of 1,800, up from 1,250 in 2003.{{cite news |title=Class conscious send children to public school with a view |author=Linda Doherty |newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |date=15 October 2003 |accessdate=5 December 2012 |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/10/14/1065917416350.html}}
In 2003, Sydney Secondary College was one of 36 public schools to receive an Excellence Award from the former NSW Department of Education's director-general, Jan McClelland, for its "promotion of public education".{{Cite web|date=2003-10-15|title=Class conscious send children to public school with a view|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/class-conscious-send-children-to-public-school-with-a-view-20031015-gdhl8s.html|access-date=2021-01-19|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}
Sport
At Sydney Secondary College, sport is a strong focus of all three campuses. There are three annual combined college carnivals: Swimming, Cross Country and Athletics. After each College sporting event, the top two male and female participants for each age group and every event are invited to compete at the Bligh Zone carnivals against other schools in the local sporting zone.{{Cite web|title=College sport – Sydney Secondary College Leichhardt Campus|url=https://leichhardt-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/college/college-sport.html|access-date=2021-01-19|website=leichhardt-h.schools.nsw.gov.au}}
The college has four respective sporting colour houses named after local sporting identities:
- {{colorbox|blue}} Stewart (Geoff Stewart)
- {{colorbox|red}} Pearce (Wayne Pearce)
- {{colorbox|green}} Woods (Taryn Woods)
- {{colorbox|yellow||}} Sauvage (Louise Sauvage)
Students are also given the opportunity to participate in a variety of competitive team sports against other schools such as soccer, netball, basketball, volleyball, European handball, touch football, cricket and softball as well as recreational and social sports such as cycling, dance/yoga, badminton, golf, table tennis, fitness walking, handball, martial arts and tennis.{{Cite web|title=About our College – Sydney Secondary College Leichhardt Campus|url=https://leichhardt-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/college.html|access-date=2021-01-19|website=leichhardt-h.schools.nsw.gov.au|language=en-AU}}
Notable alumni
- Wayne Pearce{{spaced endash}}rugby league player{{cite news |title=Don't Muck up! – Jeff Fenech |author=Southward, Jane |newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |date=31 January 1988}} (attended as Leichhardt High School)
- Naomi Sequeira{{spaced endash}}actress and singer
- Renuga Veeran{{spaced endash}}badminton player; represented Australia at the 2012 Olympics{{cite web |url=https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/renuga-veeran |title=Olympics |accessdate=20 January 2021}}
See also
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References
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External links
- {{official website|https://leichhardt-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/}}
{{NSW Selective Schools|state=autocollapse}}
{{Public high schools in Inner Sydney|state=autocollapse}}
{{Public high schools in Sydney|state=autocollapse}}
Category:Selective schools in New South Wales
Category:Public high schools in Sydney
Category:Educational institutions established in 2002