Illawarra Sports High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive and specialist secondary day school, with speciality in sports, located in Berkeley, a southern suburb of Wollongong, in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia.
| Illawarra Sports High School | |
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| Coordinates | 34°28′49″S 150°51′13″E / 34.4803322°S 150.8536685°E |
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| Former name | Berkeley High School (1956-1998) |
| Type | Government-funded co-educational comprehensive and specialist secondary day school |
| Motto | Latin: Integer vitae (Blameless in Life) |
| Established | 1956 (as Berkeley High School) |
| School district | Illawarra North; Regional South |
| Educational authority | New South Wales Department of Education |
| Specialist | Sports school |
| Principal | Gary Hampton |
| Teaching staff | 64.3 FTE (2018)[1] |
| Years | 7–12 |
| Enrolment | 737[1] (2018) |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Colour(s) | Navy, light blue, white |
| Affiliation | NSW Sport High School Association |
| Website | illawaspor-h |
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Established in 1956 as the Berkeley High School, the school changed its name in 1998 in line with becoming a sports-oriented school. The Illawarra Sports High School caters for approximately 740 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom 13 percent identified as Indigenous Australians and 27 percent were from a language background other than English.[1] The school draws the majority of its students from the southern Wollongong area; with an increasing number of students from the larger Illawarra area who access its specialist sports programs.[2] The school is operated by the New South Wales Department of Education; the principal is Gary Hampton.
Illawarra Sports High School is a member of the NSW Sports High Schools Association.[3]
Sports offered edit
The Illawarra Sports High School operates a talented sports development program across the following sports: basketball, boxing, hockey, netball, rugby league, rugby union, soccer (affiliated with the Sydney FC[4][5]), surfing,[6] touch football,[7] and wrestling.
Notable alumni edit
- Caitlin Foord – soccer player, played with the Matildas, Arsenal and Sydney FC[8]
- Tyson Frizell – rugby league footballer; played with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, St. George Illawarra Dragons, Newcastle Knights, Wales, and Australian Schoolboys in rugby union
- Ryan Gregson – middle-distance runner; represented Australia at the 2012 Olympics[9]
- Keith Lulia – rugby league footballer; played with the St. George Illawarra Dragons, Newcastle Knights, Bradford Bulls, and Wests Tigers[10]
- Trent Merrin – rugby league footballer; played with the St George Illawarra Dragons and New South Wales State of Origin
- Les Murray AM – former broadcaster, sports journalist and analyst[5]
- Brett Stewart – rugby league footballer; played with the Manly Sea Eagles, New South Wales State of Origin, and Kangaroos
- Glenn Stewart – rugby league footballer; played with the Manly Sea Eagles, New South Wales State of Origin, and Kangaroos
- Maddison Weatherall – women's rugby league footballer; plays for St George Illawarra Dragons
- Jayden Sullivan – rugby league footballer; plays for St George Illawarra Dragons
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c "Illawarra Sports High School, Berkeley, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ "About our school". Illawarra Sports High School. New South Wales Department of Education. n.d. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "High Performance Schools". School programs. Cricket NSW. 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ Barrow, Tim (18 October 2017). "Sydney FC establish development pathway at Illawarra Sports High". Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Illawarra Sports High School". Sydney FC Academy Football Schools. Sydney FC. n.d. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
- ^ Latifi, Agron (22 February 2017). "Illawarra Sports HS wins prestigious surfing challenge". The Advertiser Lake Times. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
- ^ "Talented Sports Development Program: Sports Offered". Illawarra Sports High School. New South Wales Department of Education. n.d. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ Caitlin Foord Sydney FC Profile Archived 20 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "London 2012 – Ryan Gregson Athlete Profile". Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ "Keith Lulia – Tigers". Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
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