Sydney Boys High School
Sydney Boys High School, as seen from Moore Park West
Location
Cleveland Street, Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	33°53′32″S 151°13′10″E / 33.89222°S 151.21944°E / -33.89222; 151.21944
Information
Type	Government-funded single-sex academically selective secondary day school
Motto	Latin: Veritate et Virtute (With Truth and Courage)
Established	1 October 1883; 140 years ago (1883-10-01)
School district	Port Jackson education area of the Sydney Region
Educational authority	New South Wales Department of Education
Principal	Kim Jaggar[1]
Years	7–12
Gender	Boys
Enrolment	1,215 (2022)
Area	34,400 square metres (370,000 sq ft)
Campus type	Suburban
Colour(s)	Chocolate brown and sky blue
Athletics	Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales
Website	sydneyboys-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

Sydney Boys High School ('SBHS'), otherwise known as Sydney High School ('SHS') or simply High, is an Australian government-funded single-sex academically selective secondary day school for boys, located at Moore Park, New South Wales, a suburb within the City of Sydney council.

Sydney Boys High was established in 1883 and is operated by the New South Wales Department of Education as a school within the Port Jackson Education Area of the Sydney Region.^[2] The school hosts approximately 1,200 students from Year 7 to Year 12 — a number greater than most other selective state schools^[3] — and is situated adjacent to its sister school, Sydney Girls' High School. The school is a member of the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (AAGPS).^[4]

The school was moved to its current site at Moore Park in 1928. The school is bounded by Moore Park (West), Anzac Parade, Sydney Girls High School and Cleveland Street.

The school regularly ranks within the top ten in New South Wales in terms of academic achievement, ranking 5th in the state in the 2017 Higher School Certificate (HSC),^[5] and has produced numerous notable alumni - "Old Boys".^[6]

History

Sydney Boys High School was the first state high school in New South Wales and Australia. It was created under Premier Henry Parkes' public education system in the early 1880s following the Public Instruction Act 1880 (NSW).^[7]

Sydney Boys High School nor Sydney Girls High School has ever had a primary education division and are thus the first NSW state high schools founded for the express purpose of secondary education.^[8]

Sydney Boys High School was originally one collective unit merged with Sydney Girls; it was originally a mixed-sex school. Sydney High School was established as two single-sex schools sharing a single building, with boys and girls on separate floors.^[8] The first day of instruction - for 46 boys - was on 1 October 1883 and was located in a building on Castlereagh Street, designed by Francis Greenway and constructed by convicts.^[8] From 1883 to 1892, Sydney Boys occupied the lower floor and entered from the Castlereagh Street side of the building, whereas Sydney Girls occupied the upper floor and entered from the Elizabeth Street side.^[8] In 1924, this building would be demolished and both schools would, in 1921, have relocated to Moore Park.^[9] Presently, this site is home to the Elizabeth Street store of David Jones.

In 1892, the boys' school was relocated to Mary Ann Street in Ultimo.^[10]

In 1906, Sydney Boys High School became a member of the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (AAGPS or GPS).^[11] (The term "public school" here has the meaning as used in the United Kingdom; that is, a private school). Despite this, it is the sporting association's only government (public) school member.^[12]

In 1928, the school moved to its current location at Moore Park, on the fringe of inner-city Sydney.^[13] This site was designed by George McRae, designer of the Queen Victoria Building.^[14] This site was previously the Moore Park Zoo, which was relocated to Mosman with reassigned name 'Taronga Zoo'.^[15]

List of officers

Headmaster was renamed to principal in 1992.

The Sydney High School Old Boys' Union lapsed from 1895 to 1901 due to lack of enrolments.

Academic

Enrolments

Year 7 - the first year - intakes 180 students,^[16] but students from higher grades may be granted admittance provided vacancies exist.^[17] Offers of admission into the school in Year 7 are based on achievement in the Selective High School Placement Test.^[16]

In Years 7 to 8, the cohorts each consist of 180 students;^[16] in Years 9 to 12, however, cohorts consist of 210 students each^[16] per the 2001 SBHS Enrolment Policy.^[16]

Once admitted and matriculated, students are further grouped according to their abilities,^[18] as estimated by their scores in relevant fields in the Selective High School Placement Test. Proven proficiencies in music, as demonstrated by a proper formal qualification (e.g., Australian Music Examinations Board grades) also serve assessment.^[19]

Academic results

Sydney Boys High School has been historically known and is known for its academic achievement in the Higher School Certificate.

The following table shows the school's rankings relative to other schools in the state. The rankings are based on the percentage of exams sat that resulted in a placing on the Distinguished Achievers List (highest band result) as shown by the New South Wales Education Standards Authority.

Departments

The curriculum, endorsed by the New South Wales Education Standards Authority, is taught by the following 12 departments:^[21]

Grounds, buildings, and facilities

The current Moore Park site hosts the Great Hall, other school buildings, tennis courts, a gymnasium, the Junior Quadrangle, and the Flat, a common low-lying area of land between Sydney Boys and Sydney Girls' High Schools. The school buildings include approximately 60 classrooms, two change rooms, the Junior Library (for Years 7–9), and the Senior Library (for Years 10–12).^[22] Nearby to the school are a number of sports facilities, such as the tennis courts opposite to the Sydney Boys and Girls High Schools,^[22] located on Cleveland Street, and the facilities at Centennial Park.

Sydney Boys High School is affiliated with other facilities such as the Outterside Centre (the school boatshed located in Abbotsford) and the ANZAC Rifle Range. In addition to this, the school owns a number of vehicles, which it utilises to travel to sporting events, such as the annual The Armidale School versus the High School sporting exchange Armidale and the Head of the River at the Sydney International Regatta Centre.^[23]

In addition, SBHS has its own cadet unit, which won the 23 Battalion AFX Trophy in 2012 and 2013.^[24][25]

Co- and extracurricular activities

Debating and public speaking

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It has also achieved notability in debating, having won the Hume Barbour trophy and Karl Cramp trophy 26 times and 14 times respectively, more than any other school.^[26][27]

SBHS also competes in the Lawrence Campbell Oratory Competition and the GPS debating competition. The SBHS First Grade debating team have won the GPS Debating premiership 19 times, most recently for 4 consecutive years from 2015 to 2018.^[28][29]

Sport

Sydney Boys High School has a long tradition of sports, in addition to academic scholarship and, stipulating that students must participate in sports until Year 12, offers students a wide range of sports, including:

Sydney Boys High School is the sole state-operated member school of the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales^[30] since 1906. It therefore competes against other GPS schools in many of the aforementioned sports, including the traditional English public school sports of cricket, rowing, and rugby union. Accordingly, and unusually for a state school, the school possess rowing facilities at the Outterside Centre at Abbotsford, which includes a dormitory, boat sheds, and three pontoons; playing fields at Centennial Park, with the Fairland Pavilion and the McKay Oval, a fenced cricket ground; and, facilities at the ANZAC Rifle Range, which are managed by the Sydney High School Rifle Club.

School traditions

House system

Each student at Sydney Boys High School is placed into one of six houses, and each year is evenly divided into these houses. These houses, named after early Old Boys who have significantly contributed to and served the school, are:

As of late, these houses, as at the Year 7 intake, have been grouped according to the strengths and weaknesses of the students,^[37] with an outrider class, English skills enhancement class, music proficiency class, sports proficiency class, and language preference class. In addition to these, an English enrichment group and a general abilities group may also be formed.^[37] Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=Sydney_Boys'_High_School
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