Castle Hill High School

Castle Hill High School
Location
Castle Hill
,
New South Wales

Australia

33°43′35.80″S 150°59′58.01″E / 33.7266111°S 150.9994472°E / -33.7266111; 150.9994472
Information
TypePublic school, co-educational, comprehensive school
MottoTruth is Strength
Established1963
Principal
Georgina Cuthbertson[1]
Staff136
Enrollment1900[2]
ColoursBlue and white    
Websitehttps://castlehill-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/

Castle Hill High School is a co-educational comprehensive school in Castle Hill, a suburb in Sydney, Australia. The school caters for students ranging from year 7 to year 12 and was established in 1963. Castle Hill High School generally performs well in the HSC, with many students achieving band 6s each year. In 2024, 275 were achieved, alongside five state ranks, one of which being a statewide first in course.[3][4] Nine students also received an all rounder award for achieving band 6s/E4s in 10 units or more.[3] The school was recognised by Better Education for its HSC results, coming 108th in New South Wales in 2024.[5]

Co- and extra curricular activities

Historically Castle Hill High School has demonstrated strong participation in extracurricular activities, including sport, musical production, leadership, technology and public competitions.

Sporting

Castle Hill High School holds various sporting events including Cross-Country, Swimming and Athletics Carnivals, where students can compete for participation in wider regional competitions, consisting of Zone (representing the school), Regionals (representing Hills Zone) and Combined High Schools (representing Sydney West).[6]

The school formerly competed against Crestwood High School in the Brewer Cup.[7]

Academics

Castle Hill High School participates in the following inter-school academic competitions:

Student leadership

  • The Student Representative Council (SRC) – A group of junior students elected by their peers to represent the school and help with the organisation of events.[13]
  • Peer Support Leader – Year 10 leaders who assist new students settle into the school.[14]
  • The Prefect Body – Year 11 and 12 students who represent the school and organise events.[15][16]
  • The Sport's Council – a group of Year 11 and 12 students tasked with facilitating sporting events such as the annual carnivals.[15][16]
  • The CAPA Council – a newly created body of Year 12 students oriented towards promoting the values of the performing arts within the school.[15]

Clubs

  • The Knights Quill newspaper club is perhaps the most notable club, being active for the latter part of 2024 and most of 2025. Despite its relatively long life of around a year, due to internal issues the club only managed to complete and release two full newspaper issues, which can be found in the school library or on the student canvas page.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "From the Principal". Castle Hill High School. Archived from the original on 9 June 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "Castle Hill High School, Castle Hill, NSW". Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Castle Hill High School HSC Results (Honour Roll) | HSCninja". www.hscninja.com. Archived from the original on 16 June 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "First in Course". NSW Government. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  5. ↑ "Trend of CASTLE HILL HIGH SCHOOL 2154 by HSC results". Better Education. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "Personal development, health and physical education". Castle Hill High School. Archived from the original on 19 May 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  7. ↑ "THE BREWER CUP". Drawbridge 2011 (17th ed.). Castle Hill High School. 4 November 2011. p. 1.
  8. ↑ "Extra Curricular Activities". web page. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  9. ↑ "Premier's Debating Challenge". The Arts Unit. Archived from the original on 5 July 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  10. ↑ Reflections: 2024. Castle Hill High School. 2024. p. 74.
  11. ↑ "Mathematics". castlehill-h.schools.nsw.gov.au. Archived from the original on 5 August 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  12. ↑ "Da Vinci Decathlon – great results". Drawbridge 2019 (9th ed.). Castle Hill High School. 14 June 2019. p. 1.
  13. ↑ "SRC Induction Ceremony 2024". Castle Hill High School. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  14. ↑ "Peer Support". Castle Hill High School. Archived from the original on 1 April 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  15. 1 2 3 "Student Leadership". Castle Hill High School. Archived from the original on 27 March 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  16. 1 2 "Legislative Assembly Hansard - 23 November 2023". www.parliament.nsw.gov.au. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
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