Type Public School Principal Gregory Slavin Campus Australind Number of students 1,263 (2015) | Established 1987 Enrolment 1263 (2015) Phone +61 8 9797 4400 Founded 1987 | |
Address 12 Break O'Day Dr, Australind WA 6233, Australia Motto Through Endeavour, Success Similar Bunbury Senior High Sch, Newton Moore Senior Hi, Eaton Community College, Treendale Primary School, Australind Primary School Profiles | ||
Australind senior high school wa
Australind Senior High School is a comprehensive public high school located in Australind, a regional centre 163 kilometres (101 mi) south of Perth, Western Australia.
The campus is made up of modern buildings that overlook the Brunswick River.
The school was established in 1987 and by 2012 had an enrolment of 982 students between Year 8 and Year 12, 34 (3%) of whom were Aboriginal.
The school was not officially opened until 1994 after operating for 7 years.
A 14-year-old student stabbed two classmates during lunchtime in 2006 and went to trial in 2007, the boy was acquitted following his giving evidence that he brought the knife to school in order to defend himself and that three other students had initially provoked the fight.
In 2007 the school received federal government funding to implement the Success for Boys program.
Enrolments at the school have fluctuated over the last six years. Enrolments have been 983 students in 2007, 1216 in 2008, 1157 in 2009, 1010 in 2010, 982 in 2011, 982 in 2012, 977 in 2013, 1007 in 2014 and 1263 in 2015. The jump in enrolments in 2015 being the addition of a Year 7 cohort moving to high school and the half cohort departing.
The school came third overall in the 2012 and 2013 Country Week carnival behind cross-town rivals Bunbury Senior High School who won and Albany Senior High School who came second.