Dapto High School

Dapto High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Dapto, a suburb of Wollongong in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia.

Dapto High School
Location
Dapto, Illawarra region, New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	34°29′59″S 150°47′8″E
Information
Type	Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
Motto	Strive for Higher Things
Established	1958; 66 years ago (1958)
School district	Lake Illawarra South; Regional South
Educational authority	New South Wales Department of Education
Principal	Joel Burnett
Deputy Principals	Daniel Inness Darcy Moore
Teaching staff	70.5 FTE (2018)[1]
Enrolment	917[1] (2018)
Campus	Outer suburban / Regional
Colour(s)	Yellow, maroon, and white
Website	dapto-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

Established in 1958, the school enrolled approximately 900 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom six percent identified as Indigenous Australians and nine percent were from a language background other than English.^[1][2][3] The school is operated by the New South Wales Department of Education; the principal is Joel Burnett.

School-to-work program

In 2002, Dapto was the subject of a case study for its school-to-work program, which chronicled how the school innovated a centralized reporting program via school reports, which turned around an otherwise unsuccessful program and made the program a "whole new approach" which was recommended for other schools.^[4] As a result of this program the school's careers advisor, Steve Heinecke, was awarded the title of top careers advisor in New South Wales in 2005.^[5]

Notable alumni

• Mathew Head – rugby league player^[6][7][8]
• Paul McGregor – rugby league player^[8][9]
• Corey Tutt – STEM champion, 2020 NSW Young Australian of the Year, and founder of DeadlyScience^[10]
• Dean Young – rugby league player^[6]

See also

• New South Wales portal
• Schools portal

• List of government schools in New South Wales
• List of schools in Illawarra and the South East
• Education in Australia

References

1. "Dapto High School, Dapto, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
2. "Dapto – history". Wollongong City Library. Archived from the original on 26 November 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2008.
3. "How to enrol at a Public School – Dapto High School". New South Wales Department of Education and Training. 8 November 2007. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2008.
4. "NSW Department of Education and Training" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2008.
5. "2005 NSW Careers Adviser of the Year announced". TAFE NSW. 2 December 2005. Archived from the original on 21 November 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2008.
6. "Head rewards Brown's show of faith". The Age. 5 May 2007.
7. "Older, wiser Head finally realises promise". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 July 2004.
8. "The Phoenix Newsletter" (PDF). Dapto High School. 6 March 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
9. Daily Telegraph – News Limited Australia 21 June 2002
10. Crabb, Brendan (5 November 2019). "Former Dapto High student wins NSW Young Australian of the Year award". Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 22 January 2020.

External links

• Official website