Hornsby High School

Hornsby High School
Location
Jersey Street

Asquith
,
New South Wales

Australia

33°41′30″S 151°6′17″E / 33.69167°S 151.10472°E / -33.69167; 151.10472
Information
TypeGovernment-funded comprehensive co-educational secondary day school
MottoGrow in Wisdom
EstablishedJanuary 2026 (2026-01)[1]
School district
Hornsby
Educational authority
New South Wales Department of Education
OversightNSW Education Standards Authority
Principal
Bryce Grant[2]
Teaching staff
48.6 FTE (2026)[3]
Years7–12
GenderCo-educational
Enrolment542 (2026)
CampusSuburban
ColoursDark Blue and Light Blue   
Websitehornsby-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

Hornsby High School (formerly Asquith Boys High School)[4] is a government-funded comprehensive coeducational secondary day school, located on Jersey Street, Asquith, an upper north shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1960, the school enrolled approximately 520 students in 2023, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom three percent identified as Indigenous Australians and 19 percent were from a language background other than English.[5] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education in accordance with a curriculum developed by the New South Wales Education Standards Authority; the principal is Bryce Grant.[2]

History

The school was established as a boys school named Asquith Boys High School. The site on which the school was built was originally a citrus orchard owned by the Fear family, a Hornsby pioneer family. The original name "Asquith" from which the suburb north of Hornsby, and subsequently the school, takes its name, was named in 1915 after the wartime Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, H. H. Asquith, who was later made the Earl of Oxford and Asquith. Before the land was acquired by the New South Wales Government in the 1950s, the land had become a cattle and horse paddock. Originally intended to be the site of the Hornsby Technical College, the Department of Education later decided to build Asquith Boys on its current site instead.[6]

Construction of the school buildings began in late 1959 but it was realised that they would not be finished in time for the school's opening in 1960 and thus the half the first cohort of students were housed in various sites around Hornsby while the other half were housed in Chatswood High School. By mid-1960, the A Block was complete and the school moved onto its present site on 24 June 1960. By 1961 the school had risen in size to 660 students, which was later to rise to 990 by 1962, and 30 teachers while E Block and the Assembly Hall were also completed. The first principal was Mervyn Brown, who contributed to establishing school traditions by composing the school song "Grow in Wisdom".[6]

By the time the first prefects and captains were elected in 1964, the school had risen in size to 1073 students and 54 teachers. The school was officially opened on 7 August 1964 by the director-general of secondary education, A.W. Stephens. By 1965 the science, arts and music rooms in G Block had been completed. The cadet unit was also formed in 1967, only to be disbanded again in 1973 following the end of Commonwealth funding for cadet units. The 1970s also saw various changes including an expansion of the Library as well as repairs to E Block following a classroom fire.

Twins Paul Dawson and Chris Dawson were transferred to the school's PE department from Co-educational schools, following allegations. Chris Dawson coached Lloyd Babb in Rugby League.[7]

In 2026, the school became co-ed and was renamed from Asquith Boys High School.[4] The school's former sister school, Asquith Girls High School, became co-ed in the same year and was renamed to Asquith High School.

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hornsby High". Government Schools of New South Wales. NSW Education and Communities. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Our principal and staff". Hornsby High School. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "Asquith Boys High School, Asquith, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2026. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  4. 1 2 "New co-educational high school from 2026". Hornsby High School. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "Master dataset: NSW government school locations and student enrolment numbers". NSW Education Data Hub. NSW Department of Education. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  6. 1 2 Northerly '85 – Silver Jubilee Year. Sydney: Asquith Boys High School. 1985.
  7. ↑ Babb, Lloyd (7 August 2018). "Matter of Dawson" (PDF) (Press release). Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  8. ↑ "Recent Graduate Daniel Arnamnart" (PDF). Asquith Old Boys Club Newsletter. 4: 2. March 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "ABHS Old Boys Newsletter" (PDF). No. 20. pp. 22–27. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Berowra striker Blackwood in goalscoring touch for Sydney FC in National Youth League". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  11. ↑ "Reds recruit growing up on and off the field". Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  12. ↑ "Jiapeng Han". Archived from the original on 10 October 2012.
  13. ↑ "Queensland Reds Profile". Queensland Rugby. 2008. Archived from the original on 21 June 2008.
  14. ↑ Hamilton-Irvine, Gary (24 May 2018). "Jordan Smylie debuts in A-League while still at school, eyes future". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
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