Sydney Boys High School | |
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Address | |
Cleveland St Moore Park, New South Wales, 2021 Australia |
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Type | Single-sex, selective, public, day school |
Motto |
Veritate Et Virtute (With Truth and Courage) |
Religious affiliation(s) | None |
Established | 1 October 1883 |
Sister school | Sydney Girls High School |
Principal | Kim A. Jaggar, Ed.D. |
Years | 7–12 |
Gender | Boys |
Enrolment | 1180 |
Campus | Urban parkland: 34,400 m² |
Colour(s) | Chocolate brown and sky blue |
Athletics | AAGPS |
Website | Sydney Boys High School |
Sydney Boys High School, is an academically selective public high school for boys located at Moore Park, New South Wales, a suburb within the City of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Established in 1883 and operated by the New South Wales Department of Education, as a school within the Port Jackson Education Area of the Sydney Region, the school has approximately 1,200 students from Years 7 to 12 — a number greater than most, if not all, other selective state schools — and is situated adjacent to its "sister school", Sydney Girls High School. The school is a member of the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (AAGPS).
The school regularly ranks highly among schools in New South Wales in terms of academic achievement, ranking 4th in the state in the 2011 Higher School Certificate, and has produced numerous notable alumni, or "Old Boys".
Although Fort Street High School was established in 1849, Sydney Boys High School is the first state high school in New South Wales created under Premier Henry Parkes' public education system in the early 1880s, following the Public Instruction Act 1880 (NSW). Whereas Fort Street Model School as it was founded took primary and secondary students neither Sydney Boys nor Sydney Girls High School has ever had a primary education division and are thus the first NSW state high schools founded for the express purpose of secondary education.