| Blacktown Boys High School | |
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Blacktown_High_School.jpg) Blacktown Boys High School, pictured in 2014 | |
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Australia | |
| Coordinates | 33°45′43″S150°54′43″E / 33.76194°S 150.91194°E /-33.76194; 150.91194 |
| Information | |
| Type | Government-fundedsingle-sexacademically partially selectivesecondaryday school |
| Motto | Learn to live |
| Established |
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| Sister school | Blacktown Girls High School |
| School district | Bungarribee; Metropolitan North |
| Educational authority | New South Wales Department of Education |
| Oversight | NSW Education Standards Authority |
| Principal | Robert Murie |
| Teaching staff | 52FTE (2022)[2] |
| Years | 7–12 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Enrolment | 822[2] (2022) |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Colours | Gold and maroon |
| Website | blacktownb-h |
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Blacktown Boys High School (BBHS) is agovernment-fundedsingle-sexacademically partially selectivesecondaryday school for boys, located inBlacktown, a westernSydney suburb ofNew South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1956 as Blacktown High School, the school enrolled approximately 822 students in 2022, fromYear 7 toYear 12, of whom 0.02 percent identified asIndigenous Australians and 89 percent spokeEnglish as a second or foreign language.[2] The school is operated by theNSW Department of Education in accordance with a curriculum developed by theNew South Wales Education Standards Authority. The principal is Robert Murie, succeeding David Calleja.
Itssister school isBlacktown Girls High School which is located adjacent to the high school.
The school was originally established in January 1956 as theco-educationalBlacktown High School.[1] However, owing to a growing local population and in accordance with government policy, it was decided that the schools would be split into two single-sex schools: Blacktown Boys High School, and Blacktown Girls High School. Both were fully split by 1959. Blacktown Boys was officially opened on 17 October 1959 by the Deputy Premier and Minister of Education,Bob Heffron.
A schoolcadet unit was formed in 1961, and disbanded in 1975 due to the Whitlam Labor Government withdrawing financial support to the Cadet Programme in Public Schools.
The school became a partially selective school in 2010.[4]
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