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Killarney Heights High School
Address
Map
Starkey Street

Northern Beaches

Killarney Heights
,
New South Wales
,
2087

Australia
Information
TypePublic Coeducational Secondary Day School
MottoLatin: Sylle Aefter Faerelde
(To each according to his/her conduct)
Established1967
Educational authorityNew South Wales Department of Education
PrincipalHayley Emmerton
Years offered7–12
Enrolment996[1] (2023)
Colour(s)Blue, white and Yellow    
Feeder schoolsKillarney Heights Public School and Forestville Public School
Websitehttps://killarney-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/
Top down view of the school

Killarney Heights High School is a coeducational, comprehensive high school located on Starkey Street in Killarney Heights, a northern suburb of Sydney, in the Northern Beaches, Australia.[2]

Academically, Killarney Heights High School has performed better in 2018 and 2019 than previously, ranking in the top 100 schools both years, for the first time.[3] However, due to rising issues after COVID, the school (along with most other schools in NSW) took a massive hit to results and student enrolment.[4]

The school pushes a heavy focus on teacher-parent communication, inclusivity, diversity, and student/teacher wellbeing.

One of the school student led bands, "Mister Mister".

The school has a large Band Program, which features over 8 ensembles, ranging from Jazz, to Symphonic, to Strings. The band program makes tri-yearly trips overseas on an international tour. In 2023, this was to Tasmania.[4]

The school also has a high level of sporting capability, with their sports teams coming first in multiple competitions.

Year 12 versus Teachers Sports Game

History

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The school was established in January 1967 to serve the new suburb of Killarney Heights which was built in the early 1960s. Some construction was still ongoing when the school opened and by the end of the year there were eight classrooms over four buildings. There were extensions to the school in 1968 and 1969. When the school opened there were 137 students but this rose rapidly with 998 students being enrolled by 1971 and 1281 by 1972.[5]

A gala event was held in 2017 to mark the 50th anniversary of the school.[5]

The school's Pride Club was established in 2021, which also introduced its yearly "Wear it Purple Day".[citation needed]

Motto

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The motto comes from an abbreviated quote from the writings of a late Old English abbot and Aelfric of Eynsham "a prolific writer of religious literature, including translations from the Bible, saints' lives and homilies. It reads as follows: Ic afandie manna heotan: & heora lendena. & aelcum sylle aefter his faerelde.& aefter his agenre afundennysse. This means: 'to each I will give according to his {life} journey and according to his own invention [or discovery]'".[6]

The school motto "sylle aefter faerelde" was translated as "To each according to his/her conduct" (translated as his/her due to the school being coeducational). The three words on their own can also be interpreted as "sylle" – foundation, "aefter" – after, "faerelde " — journey.

Academic results

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HSC Results[7]
Year Rank Success Rate Total Credits Exams Sat Year 12 Students
2023 136 13.3% 78 586 117
2022 128 13.2% 81 612 114
2021 149 12.8% 84 657 127
2020 87 18.14% 115 634 124
2019 79 19% 117 615 113
2018 88 16.3% 105 644 123
2017 195 10% 74 739 145
2016 147 11.1% 70 632 125
2015 195 8.5% 65 764 145
2014 167 8.9% - - 135
2013 186 8.1% 65 803 148
Subject Specific HSC Results[4]*
Subject School 2023 State Average 2023 School Average 2021–2023
Ancient History 81.9 68.7 80.7
Biology 80.5 71.8 76.4
Business Studies 77.9 70.9 76.7
Chemistry 76.8 73.7 72.2
Community and Family Studies 87.3 72.7 80.0
Economics 72.8 75.7 75.5
Engineering Studies 75.9 73.9 75.7
English Advanced 89.6 81.2 88.8
English EAL/D 78.8 67.8 78.0
English Standard 78.7 68.5 78.5
Food Technology 79.5 70.8 78.9
Geography 77.5 72.5 77.5
Industrial Technology 80.4 69.1 80.1
Investigating Science 82.4 73.4 83.5
Legal Studies 83.7 72.9 84.9
Mathematics Advanced 79.0 77.0 77.5
Mathematics Extension 1 73.0 78.7 73.6
Mathematics Standard 2 77.3 68.7 74.1
Modern History 78.6 69.0 79.9
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education

Now known as: Health and Movement Science

80.3 71.0 75.7
Physics 78.7 74.4 75.3
Society and Culture 87.1 76.3 86.2
Visual Arts 84.0 79.8 84.8

*Where there are fewer than 10 students in a course or subject, summary statistics or graphical representation of student performance is not available.

Notable alumni and staff

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Killarney Heights High School Annual Report" (PDF). Killarney Heights High School.
  2. ^ "About our school – Killarney Heights High School". killarney-h.schools.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  3. ^ "HSC School Ranking – 2013". bettereducation.com.au. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "2023 annual school report - Killarney Heights High School" (PDF).
  5. ^ a b "Killarney Heights schools turn 50". www.dailytelegraph.com.au. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Home - Killarney Heights High School". killarney-h.schools.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Killarney Heights High School Rankings". Better Education. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2024.

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