Sefton High School Explained

Sefton High School
Motto:	Sincerity, Scholarship, Service
Coordinates:	-33.8794°N 151.0089°W
Pushpin Map:	Australia Sydney#New South Wales#Australia
Pushpin Mapsize:	250
Pushpin Label Position:	top
Module:	Stroke-Colour: C60C30 Stroke-Width: 3 Marker: school Marker-Colour: 1F2F57 Zoom: 13
Principal:	Kevin HumphreysTimothy Mortimer (Deputy)Bill Dimopulos (Deputy)
Enrolment:	~1,100
Grades Label:	Years
Colours:	Navy blue and black
Country:	Australia

Sefton High School is a government-funded co-educational dual modality partially academically selective and comprehensive secondary day school, located in Sefton, a suburb in western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1961, the school caters for approximately 1,100, students from Year 7 to Year 12 and is operated by the New South Wales Department of Education.

Overview

The students are a mixture of local students and academically selected students.^[1]

History

Sefton High School received its first students on 30 January 1961, and became academically selective in 1989.

Notable alumni

• Professor Robert Bartelshead of School of Economics and former head of School of Business, University of Sydney^[2]
• Terry Lambrugby league player and coach^[3]
• Rebecca Ripponwater polo player and Bronze Medal Olympian^[4]
• Sally Sitou Australian Labor Party member for Reid^[5]
• Stevie WrightThe Easybeats vocalist^[6]
• George YoungThe Easybeats guitarist^[7]

See also

• List of government schools in New South Wales
• List of selective high schools in New South Wales

Notes and References

1. Web site: About our school - Sefton High School . 2023-09-11 . sefton-h.schools.nsw.gov.au . en-US.
2. Web site: Robert Bartels . 21 August 2022 . linkedin.com.
3. Web site: Heroes of Yesterday, Interview 37 – 28 July 2018 – Terry Lamb . 2023-09-11 . www.dansnrlcollectables.com . en-us.
4. Web site: 2004-07-10 . Sisters make the team a family affair . 2022-08-21 . The Sydney Morning Herald . en.
5. Web site: It was an honour to deliver my first speech tonight in the House of Representatives in front of my son Max, my husband Rui, my parents, amazing friends, family, supporters and my parliamentary colleagues. By Sally Sitou MP 陈莎莉 Facebook . 2022-08-21 . www.facebook.com . en.
6. Web site: Verity . William . 2015-12-28 . Stevie Wright: the story of a rock'n'roll legend . 2022-08-21 . Illawarra Mercury . en-AU.
7. Web site: Olivier . 2017-10-23 . R.I.P. former AC/DC bassist and producer George Young (1946–2017) . 2022-08-21 . Sleaze Roxx . en-CA.