Cessnock High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Aberdare, in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia.
Cessnock High School | |
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Location | |
Aberdare Road, Cessnock, New South Wales Australia | |
Coordinates | 32°50′31.5″S 151°22′09″E / 32.842083°S 151.36917°E |
Information | |
Type | Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school |
Motto | Age Quid Agas |
Established | 1938 |
School district | Cessnock; Regional North |
Educational authority | New South Wales Department of Education |
Principal | Peter Riley |
Teaching staff | 59.9 FTE (2021)[1] |
Years | 7–12 |
Enrolment | 636[1] (2021) |
Campus type | Regional |
Colour(s) | Navy and gold |
Website | cessnock-h |
The school provides the NSW Higher School Certificate (HSC) in Year 12.
The school enrolled approximately 636 students in 2020, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom 25 percent identified as Indigenous Australians and two percent were from a language background other than English.[1] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the principal is Peter Riley.[2]
The school is part of the Cessnock Community of Great Public Schools, a local management group consisting of 15 schools designed to improve learning, engagement and wellbeing in the region.[3]
The school originally opened in 1921 at the location of the current Cessnock Public School. The high school was moved to its current site, on Aberdare Road, in May 1938.[4] Around the time of its relocation, it was the biggest school in the state, and one of the biggest schools in Australia.[5] During World War II, slip trenches were dug out at the school.[4]
The school celebrated 75 years in 2013.[4]