Harrisdale Senior High School

Harrisdale Senior High School is an Independent Public secondary school in Harrisdale, a suburb 21 kilometres (13 mi) south of Perth, Western Australia.

Harrisdale Senior High School
Address
1 Laverton Crescent

Harrisdale, Western Australia

Australia
Coordinates32°07′45″S 115°56′01″E
Information
TypeIndependent public co-educational day school
MottoExcellence in Learning and Teaching
Opened2017 (2017)
Educational authorityWA Department of Education
PrincipalLeila Bothams
Years7-11
Enrolment1,258[1] (2020)
Campus typeSuburban
Colour(s)   
Websiteharrisdaleshs.wa.edu.au

Overview

Harrisdale Senior High School opened at the start of the 2017 school year.[2] The school's name bucked the trend of new public secondary schools in Western Australia having "College" in their name. The principal stated that the community chose the name as the school "wanted to be easily recognised as the public school in an area that had a number of private colleges".[3]

In February 2020, the second and final stage of construction of Harrisdale Senior High School opened. Additions in this stage included 30 classrooms, three seminar rooms, specialist facilities for visual art, media and dance, a lecture theatre and a hockey pitch.[4]

In 2021, Harrisdale Senior High School commenced a Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) program, one of only 24 such programs in Western Australia. The program is open to 32 students in each year. Sue Ellery, the state's Minister for Education stated that the government wanted schools offering GATE programs to be evenly spread across Perth. At the time, there was a large share of GATE schools in the inner metropolitan region.[5][6][7]

Student numbers
Year Number[1]
2017 213
2018 506
2019 879
2020 1,258

See also

References
  1. "Harrisdale Senior High School – Student Numbers". Schools Online. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  2. "Record number of students on day one of school". Media Statements. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  3. Hiatt, Bethany. "Marketing drives WA schools to become colleges". The West Australian. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  4. "Harrisdale Senior High School celebrates construction milestone". Media Statements. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  5. "New Gifted and Talented education program to be based in Perth's south". Media Statements. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  6. "Gifted and Talented". Department of Education. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  7. Smith, Ben. "GATE opens for local high school". Perth Now. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
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