Our school is well landscaped, maintained, resourced and planned facility. It is highly regarded in the local area by business, parents, students and prospective parents as a safe, happy environment.
Bossley Park High School is a coeducational comprehensive high school (Years 7 to 12). Applications for enrolment exceed those places available.
The school has a Gifted and Talented program in academic, performing and visual arts, technology, sport and football. Individual learning programs exist for students in these streams. The school is committed to providing quality programs for its students and staff.
The recognition of individual differences, the need to challenge and extend abilities and the valuing of self-esteem in each person, are fundamental principles upon which the school operates.
Established in 1988 the school maintains a fresh and modern appearance. A functional and practical learning environment with access to all facilities required for all facets of the curriculum is provided. Modern technologies and facilities are commonplace: the library, all computer rooms, drama rooms and the human performance centres are typical of the resourcing base offered to students. The food labs are also upgraded to industry standards. A physical disabilities unit is also housed within the school.
The school is most successful in sport.
We are a school proudly serving the south western Sydney community since 1988. Our school has a good reputation in the region and we are noted for the many activities that our school engages in across the curriculum provided by the school.
We offer a wide range of subjects as indicated below, under the direction of the various faculties. Faculty staff also coordinate many other extra-curricula activities some of which are also shown below.
For more information about what each faculty does, click on the faculty links on the left hand side.
English Years 7 to 12 English, HSC English and HSC Extension and many extra-curricula activities such as debating, public speaking, writing and poetry competitions and the model United Nations assembly organisation.
History Mandatory History years 7 to 10 and years 11 to 12 ancient and modern history, HSC History.
Technology Home Economics Mandatory Food & Textiles in years 7 and 8. Elective Food Technology, Textile Technology and Child Studies in years 8, 9 and 10. Hospitality VET (Commercial Cookery), Community & Family Studies (CAFS), Food Technology, Exploring Early Childhood and Textiles & Design in Years 11 and 12.
Languages Elective year 7 to 10 and HSC Spanish and Italian. Students participate in Languages Day, cultural excursions and dialogues.
Learning Support Learning supporting students with special needs, focusing on literacy, numeracy, English as a Second Language (ESL) students and students with learning difficulties across key learning areas (KLAs) for years 7 to 12.
Technology Industrial Arts Years 7 to 10 & HSC Technology, Industrial Technology Timber, Multimedia, Engineering, Metal, Graphics Technology, Engineering Studies, Design and Technology, 3D CAD CAM and Rapidprototyping AND Information Processes and Technology, Software Design and a range of other computer (ICT) based courses
Maths Years 7 to 12 Maths, HSC Maths and HSC Maths Extension
Performing Arts Mandatory Years 7 & 8 Music, elective subjects in Years 8-12 for drama, dancing, and music. We also support a wide range of extra-curricula activities involving dance groups, vocal groups, instrumental lessons, drama ensembles.
PDHPE Years 7 to 10 PDHPE, HSC PDHPE, HSC Sport Recreation and Lifestyle (SRL), Years 9 to 10 PASS elective and year 11 Crossroads programme. We also offer a wide variety of sports, swim school, athletics, cross-country racing, sports carnivals and inter-school competitions.
Science Years 7 to 10 Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Senior Science, Years 7 to 10 Agriculture, HSC Agriculture. Students are offered the opportunity to engage in state and national Science competitions
Social Science Years 7 to 10 Geography & Social Science, HSC Geography & Social Science
Special Education Wide variety of subjects taught to students with physical disabilities according to their individual abilities
Visual arts Mandatory and elective subjects from years 7 to 12 & HSC
