Principal Dane Ropa Enrolment 373 (2011) Motto Purpose and Integrity Founded 1954 | Years offered 7–12 Phone +61 2 9913 7820 Number of students 500 | |
Type Public, Secondary, co-educational, Sports, Day school Established 1954 (Girls High)
1959 (Boys High)
1976 (High School)
2000 (Sports High) Campus Namona Street and Pittwater Road Address 10 Namona St, North Narrabeen NSW 2101, Australia Similar Pittwater High School, Barrenjoey High School, Northern Beaches Secondar, Northern Beaches Secondar, The Forest High School Profiles | ||
Narrabeen Sports High School, (abbreviation NSHS) is a school located in North Narrabeen, New South Wales, Australia, on Namona Street and Pittwater Road. It is a co-educational Sports high school operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training with students from years 7 to 12. The school was originally established in 1954 as a Girls High School and a Boys High School in 1959. They merged in 1976 to become Narrabeen High School, which then became the first specialist Sports High School in New South Wales in 2000. Many of its students have gone on to notable success, some holding high public office.
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History
Narrabeen Sports High School began with the establishment of Narrabeen Girls High School in North Narrabeen, which was opened on 2 February 1954. In 1959, Narrabeen Boys High School, located adjacent to the girls school, was established. The official opening of Narrabeen Boys was conducted in October 1962 by Robert Askin, then the Leader of the NSW Opposition and the Member for Collaroy. The Narrabeen Boys High School motto was the Latin "Enitere ad finem", which translates as "Strive to the end". The Girls High schools motto was Facta non verba, deeds not words. There was a fire in the assembly hall in the early 1970s as well as fires in the boys school. Following damage to the boys' school in the early 1970s, it was decided to merge the Boys and Girls School together to form a new co-educational High School for the area. This was one of many reasons to amalgamate the schools. Cromer High was also being built and the numbers at the school would halve. The state govt of the day decided against the amalgamation and it was only due to a total school student and parent strike that the schools were blended and upgraded. The merge had always been planned, both schools were supposedly temporary with a few permanent buildings built in the 60' and 70's. These buildings are still there. Thus, the schools merged in 1976 to form Narrabeen High School and most of the current school buildings date from this time. The altered badge of Narrabeen Boys was adopted, although the motto was also changed to read "Purpose and Integrity". By the 1990s, the school had generated a reputation for sporting excellence and the decision was made to re-form the school into the state's first specialist Sports High School, which was done by the end of 2000. In 2008, Narrabeen Sports High became a member of the Peninsula Community of Schools group. The current principal is Dane Ropa.