| Balcatta Senior High School | |||||||
| Motto: | Building the Future[1] | ||||||
| Type: | Independent public co-educational high day school | ||||||
| Principal: | Helen Maitland | ||||||
| Location: | Balcatta, Perth, Western Australia | ||||||
| Country: | Australia | ||||||
| Coordinates: | -31.8755°N 115.8127°W | ||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Australia Perth | ||||||
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 | ||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Perth, Western Australia | ||||||
| Pushpin Label Position: | right | ||||||
| Campus Type: | Suburban | ||||||
| Educational Authority: | WA Department of Education | ||||||
| Enrolment: | 611 | ||||||
| Enrolment As Of: | 2017 | ||||||
| Grades: | 7–12 | ||||||
| Grades Label: | Years | ||||||
| Colours: | Navy, red and white | ||||||
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Balcatta Senior High School is an independent public co-educational high day school, located on Poincaire Road in Balcatta, approximately north of Perth, Western Australia.
The school was established in 1967[2] and caters for students from Year 7 to Year 12.
In 2003 the school won the inaugural Institute of Chartered Accountants Award in Australia’s Great Student Debate.[3]
Balcatta's catchment area has been specified by the WA Department of Education to include all or parts of the following suburbs: Balcatta, Gwelup, Nollamara, Stirling and Westminster. Some areas are able to attend Carine Senior High School or the Western Suburbs Secondary Schools Cluster. Balcatta's feeder primary schools are Balcatta, Takari and West Balcatta. Lake Gwelup and Osborne primary students most feed to Balcatta but some are eligible to attend either Balcatta or Mirrabooka Senior High School.[4]