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Blakehurst High School

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Principal
  
Daniel Ovens

Campus
  
Number of students
  
1,130

Grades
  
7–12

Phone
  
+61 2 9546 3281

Staff
  
78

Type
  
Public (Secondary, Co-ed)

Deputy Principals
  
Vicky ManosTony Yelavich

Website
  
www.blakehurst-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Address
  
270A Woniora Rd, Blakehurst NSW 2221, Australia

Similar
  
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Blakehurst High School is a public, co-educational, specialist Languages high school for years 7-12 located in Blakehurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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The school has around 1130 students, 78 teaching staff and 12 administrative staff. 40% of students are from an Anglo Celtic background and 60% of students identify as having a non-English speaking background, many of whom were born in Australia. Of these students the largest group is of Chinese background, 30% of the school population, and the second largest is Greek. Of the remainder of the 60%, there are over 40 language groups represented.

Notable alumni

  • Hon. Robert McLelland MP — Current Attorney-General of Australia and Member for Barton
  • Dr. Mark Sheldon (dec) — dux and school captain in 1976, Senior Registrar in Psychiatry in Alice Springs - specialising in "Psychiatric Assessment in Remote Aboriginal Communities". Mark was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists in October 1997 and the College has named the annual "The Mark Sheldon Prize for Service in Indigenous Mental Health" in his honour. Mark Sheldon's Dissertation
  • Professor David Williams — Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics, Physics Education Centre, Australian National University (Canberra)
  • Notable Former Teaching Staff

  • Gareth McCray OAM- broadcaster with Radio 2CH Sydney. Head Teacher, English/History 1970 to 1980.
  • Barry Collier MP- State MP for Miranda (1999-2011 & 2013-2015). Teacher, Social Sciences,1982 to 1986.
  • References

    Blakehurst High School Wikipedia