| Exeter High School | |||||||||||||
| Established: | as Exeter State School | ||||||||||||
| Status: | Open | ||||||||||||
| Type: | Government comprehensive junior secondary school | ||||||||||||
| Gender: | Co-educational | ||||||||||||
| Educational Authority: | Tasmanian Department of Education | ||||||||||||
| Oversight: | Office of Tasmanian Assessment, Standards & Certification | ||||||||||||
| District: | Northern | ||||||||||||
| Grades: | 7–10 | ||||||||||||
| Grades Label: | Years | ||||||||||||
| Principal: | Benjamin Frerk | ||||||||||||
| Enrolment: | 284[1] | ||||||||||||
| Enrolment As Of: | 2019 | ||||||||||||
| Teaching Staff: | 21.9 FTE (2019) | ||||||||||||
| Campus Type: | Regional | ||||||||||||
| Streetaddress: | Glen-Ard-Mohr Road | ||||||||||||
| Location: | , Tasmania | ||||||||||||
| Country: | Australia | ||||||||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Australia Tasmania#Australia | ||||||||||||
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 240 | ||||||||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Tasmania | ||||||||||||
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Exeter High School is a government co-educational comprehensive junior secondary school located in, northern Tasmania, Australia. Established in 1985, the school caters for approximately 300 students from Years 7 to 10. The school is administered by the Tasmanian Department of Education.[2]
In 2019, student enrolments were 284.[1] The school principal is Benjamin Frerk.
The school was established in 1909 as the Exeter State School. Following a merger with other state schools, in 1940 it became the West Tamar Area School. There followed further name changes, to Exeter Area School in 1954 and then to Exeter District High School in 1973. On 5 November 1985 the school was split into primary and secondary schools with the secondary streams forming Exeter High School.[3] The high school was opened in 1985 by the then premier, Robin Gray.