Bathurst High Campus
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The Bathurst High Campus (abbreviated as BHC or BHS) of Denison College of Secondary Education is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school campus, located in Bathurst, in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia.
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Coordinates | 33°24′47″S 149°34′10″E |
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Type | Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school campus |
Motto | Latin: Altiora Peto ("I seek higher things") |
Established | 1 October 1883; 140 years ago (1883-10-01) (as Bathurst High School) |
School district | Bathurst; Rural South and West |
Educational authority | NSW Department of Education |
Principal | Ken Barwick |
Years | 7–12 |
Enrolment | 1,075[1] (2018) |
Campus type | Regional |
Colour(s) | Royal blue and gold |
Website | bathurst-h |
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Established in 1883 as Bathurst High School, the school amalgamated with Kelso High School in 2007 to form Denison College of Secondary Education. In 2018 Bathurst High Campus enrolled approximately 1,200 students from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom approximately eleven percent identified as Indigenous Australians and six percent were from a language background other than English.[1] The campus is operated by the NSW Department of Education; and the Campus Principal is Ken Barwick.[2]
The campus has several bands and a range of art, visual design, dance and drama classes, and debating teams.