Warilla High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Barrack Heights, a suburb of the City of Shellharbour, in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1965, the school caters for approximately 1,250 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom eight percent identified as Indigenous Australians and 16 percent were from a language background other than English. The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education.
Overview The school is located in the suburb of Barrack Heights and there were suggestions of renaming the school to reflect the change in primary feeder schools (Flinders Public School, Warilla Public School, Shellharbour Public School, and Barrack Heights Public School). In early to late 2009 Warilla High underwent a major reconstruction with the funding of six new Science Labs. The school celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2015.
As of 2010 Warilla High School had an enrolment of over 1,200 students making it one of the largest high schools in the region.
Principals The following individuals has served as principal of Warilla High School. Ordinal Officeholder Term start Term end Time in office Notes Gordon Dunbar Brown 1966 1972 years William John Leyshon 1973 1978 years Maxwel Matthew Weir Cooper 1979 1983 years Desmond John Murphy 1984 1990 years Alan John Petersen 1991 2003 years John Hambly 2004 2008 years Glen Isemonger 2009 2011 years Jeff Jacobs 2012 2012 years John Hambly 2012 2020 years 10Michelle Brook202020254 years11Jennifer Lawrence20252026*1 year*Relieving Principal, scheduled until 2026, TBD.
Alumni
Luke Bailey – rugby league player Telaya Blacksmith – paralympian Jye Edwards – middle distance runner Kane Linnett – rugby league player James Tedesco – rugby league player Shakiah Tungai – rugby league player
See also
List of government schools in New South Wales: Q–Z List of schools in Illawarra and the South East Education in Australia
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