Blacktown Boys High School

Blacktown Boys High School (BBHS) is a government-funded single-sex academically partially selective secondary day school for boys, located in Blacktown, a western Sydney suburb of New South Wales, Australia.

Blacktown Boys High School
Blacktown Boys High School, pictured in 2014
Location
Blacktown, Western Sydney, New South Wales

Australia
Coordinates33°45′43″S 150°54′43″E
Information
TypeGovernment-funded single-sex academically partially selective secondary day school
MottoLearn to live
Established
  • January 1956 (1956-01)
    (as Blacktown High School;
    co-educational)
  • January 1959 (1959-01)
    (as Blacktown Boys High School)
Sister schoolBlacktown Girls High School
School districtBungarribee; Metropolitan North
Educational authorityNew South Wales Department of Education
OversightNSW Education Standards Authority
PrincipalDavid Calleja
Teaching staff52 FTE (2022)
Years7–12
GenderBoys
Enrolment822 (2022)
Campus typeSuburban
Colour(s)Gold and maroon   
Websiteblacktownb-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

Established in 1956 as Blacktown High School, the school enrolled approximately 822 students in 2022, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom 0.02 percent identified as Indigenous Australians and 89 percent spoke English as a second or foreign language. The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education in accordance with a curriculum developed by the New South Wales Education Standards Authority. The principal is David Calleja.

Its sister school is Blacktown Girls High School which is located adjacent to the high school.

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