Type Public Principal Hilary Hughes Campus Urban Phone +61 2 9381 4800 Founded 1991 | Established 1991 Enrolment 2225 Colour(s) Blue, White Number of students 2,225 | |
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Address 78 Avoca St, Randwick NSW 2031, Australia Motto "Excellence in the teaching and learning of languages by distance education" Similar Sydney Distance Educatio, South Sydney High Sch, Fort Street High School, Matraville Sports High Sch, Sydney Girls High School | ||
Open High School in Sydney, Australia, was part of the New South Wales Department of Education. In 1991 The New South Wales Correspondence School, which catered for preschool to Year 12 students, was decentralised into 19 Distance Education centres located in schools across the state. At this time the Learning Materials Production Centre was formed to produce learning materials for all these centres and Open High School was established. In 2017 the school changed its name to NSW School of Languages.
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Enrolment
Enrolment is available to students in Years 9 - 12 currently enrolled in secondary or central schools, both government and non-government, located in New South Wales or approved Australian Capital Territory or Papua New Guinea secondary or central schools.
The main purposes of the school are to assist students to:
To enrol, students must satisfy published enrolment criteria. The maximum enrolments from schools are determined by a quota system; e.g. a school with 600 students is allowed up to six new distance education enrolments each year.
Currently courses are offered in the following languages:
Open High School operates in a distance education mode. Teachers provide students with rich and engaging learning experiences which are designed to meet their individual needs. Some of the strategies employed involve the use of:
Achievements
The Open High School has a history of high achievement by students sitting HSC examinations. Open High School students often top the state in their HSC language courses.
Location
Open High School is located at 78 Avoca St in the suburb of Randwick in Sydney's east.