Cecil Hills High School

Founded	1996
Principal	Mark Sutton
Enrolment	1206

Cecil Hills High School is a comprehensive coeducational high school with an enrolment of 1206 students (Year 7 to Year 12), including 81% of students who are from a non-English speaking background. The school has a support unit. The school continues to foster an excellent reputation in the local community. The school has a history of outstanding academic success and high expectations in all curriculum areas. The school's welfare, extra-curricular and sports programs develop leadership, resilience and responsibility in students. Teachers have a strategic focus on challenging and engaging all students, fostering quality teacher leadership in every classroom and reshaping the curriculum to enable students to excel in a rapidly changing world. The school has a highly committed staff and is a positive learning environment where academic success and student wellbeing are at the forefront of decision-making.

Facebook page: www.facebook.com/CecilHillsHighSchool

School website: www.cecilhillshigh.nsw.edu.au

Previous principals: John McGregor (1996 to 2004), Sean Bowen (2004 to 2014)

Houses: The school uses a house system that encompasses all academic, sporting and extra-curricular achievements. The houses are named after famous Australians. The houses are Chisholm (green) Goolagong (yellolw), Hollows (red) and Whitlam (blue).

Community: The Cecil Hills community is a largely non-English speaking background community.

A number of extra-curricular activities exist at Cecil Hills High School including knitting for charity

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