Established 1963 Campus Suburban Phone +61 2 9604 3333 Founded 1963 | Enrolment ~1609 Colour(s) Blue & Gold Principal Roger Davis Motto Fortitudo (Latin) | |
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Type Public, Co-educational, Sport Selective, Day school Website www.westfieldsports.nsw.edu.au Address 406A Hamilton Rd, Fairfield West NSW 2165, Australia | ||
Westfields Sports High School (abbreviated as WSHS) is a dedicated sports high school in Fairfield West, a western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The school has a selective approach to enrolment, with students needing to either live within the relatively small catchment area of the school, or demonstrate their ability in some sport. The school is very well regarded for having produced sporting talent in a number of different areas of sporting endeavour, and has received a range of grants to support its work with sporting talent.
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History
The school was established in 1963 and opened by Edward Gough Whitlam, later Australian Prime Minister. Its first year enrolment had 300 students. The school achieved moderate success during the '60s to '80s in sports and was on the rise during the late '80s. The founding principal, Philip Tucker, had wanted to establish Westfields as a school that could provide any sports person who attended a pathway to the Australian Institute of Sport, and extend their possibilities past high school level sports competition. The school was then officially declared a sports school on 24 April 1991. Its motto is Fortitudo - Endurance and Perseverance.
Since 1997, there has been an annual student and teacher exchange scheme with Kasukabe High School, from Kasukabe, Saitama, Japan.
In 2008, the International Olympic Committee recognized Westfields Sports for their involvement in producing many Australian Olympians with a special Sport and Youth Trophy.
Education
Sports offered at Westfields
track and field athletics, lawn bowls*, baseball, netball, basketball, rowing, cricket, rugby league, curling*, rugby union, dance, softball, equestrian, swimming, association football, table tennis, golf, tennis, gymnastics, water polo*, hockey, and volleyball.The school sits on a total area of approximately seven hectares.