Lurnea High School Explained

Lurnea High School
Motto:	Truth through reason
Location:	Lurnea, South Western Sydney, New South Wales
Country:	Australia
Coordinates:	-33.9422°N 150.8958°W
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Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in greater metropolitan Sydney
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Type:	Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
Educational Authority:	New South Wales Department of Education
District:	Liverpool
Principal:	Kylie Landrigan
Grades:	7–12
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Enrolment:	648^[1]
Enrolment As Of:	2018
Teaching Staff:	76.1 FTE (2018)
Campus Type:	Suburban
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Lurnea High School (abbreviated as LHS) is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school located in, a south-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

History

Established in 1965, the school caters for approximately 650 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom four percent identified as Indigenous Australians and eighty percent were from a language background other than English.^[1] The school is operated by the New South Wales Department of Education; and the current principal is Kylie Landrigan.^[3]

In 2024, a physical education teacher at the school, Tayla Brailey, was arrested and charged with committing sexual intercourse and sexual touching of a person between 17 and 18 years old under special care.^{[4] [5]} Brailey was charged again with sexually abusing another student under special care two weeks after she was released on bail. Brailey is also charged with using a carriage service to access child abuse material.^[6]

Brailey will reappear at court on 2 October 2024.

See also

• • Education in Australia

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lurnea High School, Lurnea, NSW: School profile . My School . . 2019 . 2 August 2019 .
2. Web site: Annual Report 2018 . Lurnea High School . . 31 May 2019 . 12 July 2019 .
3. Web site: About our school . Lurnea High School . . n.d. . 12 July 2019 .
4. News: 2024-08-07 . School teacher accused of sexually abusing teenage student at Sydney school . 2024-08-07 . ABC News . en-AU.
5. Web site: Óshimpan . Kwabla . 2024-08-07 . Lurnea High School Teacher Tayla Brailey Arrested Over S*x With Minor . 2024-08-07 . GhanaCelebrities.Com . en-US.
6. News: 2024-08-16 . Sydney schoolteacher charged with abusing second student . 2024-09-27 . ABC News . en-AU.