Westfields Sports High School
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| Westfields Sports High School | |
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| Type | Government-funded co-educational comprehensive and specialist secondary day school |
| Motto | Latin: Fortitudo (Courage and Valour) |
| Established | 1963 |
School district | Fairfield; Metropolitan South & West |
Educational authority | New South Wales Department of Education |
| Specialist | Sports school |
Principal | Andrew Rogers |
| Faculty | ~120 |
Teaching staff | 104.5 FTE (2024)[1] |
| Years | 7–12 |
| Enrolment | 1,440[1] (2024) |
| Area | 7 hectares (17 acres) |
Campus type | Suburban |
| Colours | Blue and gold |
| Newspaper | Westnews |
| Affiliation | NSW Sports High Schools Association |
| Website | westfields-h |
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Westfields Sports High School (abbreviated as WSHS) is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive and specialist secondary day school, with speciality in sports, located in Fairfield West, a western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1963, the school catered for approximately 1,440 students in 2024, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom five percent identified as Indigenous Australians and 64 percent were from a language background other than English.[1] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the principal is Andrew Rogers.
Westfields Sports High School is a member of the NSW Sports High Schools Association.[3] The school sits on a total area of approximately seven hectares (seventeen acres).
History
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The school was established in 1963[4] and opened by Edward Gough Whitlam, later Australian Prime Minister.[5] The school's first Principal was J. P. Quinlan and its first year enrolment had 300 students. Principal Quinlan had originally wanted the school's motto to be ANZAC, but that was not allowed, so he then chose the Latin: Fortitudo, translated as "courage and valour", that remains the school's motto today. The school originally had four sporting houses: Prospect (team colours black and gold); Kanangra (red); Werriwa (blue) and Lansdowne (green).
In 1964 the new student intake was even larger than the previous year, with close to a thousand new students enrolled. Classes were listed alphabetically from A down to J to include them all. That year also saw a massive fire at the school that affected mainly the science block and the technical arts block, rendering many of the classrooms unusable. Classrooms were temporarily offered at the local primary school, Fairfield West Public School on Hamilton Road, until the burnt out classrooms could be restored. Each day for close to a year, around 100 or so new Year 7 students would attend assembly at Westfields, then march up the hill to classrooms at Fairfield West PS. The cause of the fire was never stated, but it was strongly suspected that the expulsion of several students earlier in the year had led to a grudge arson attack, since the words "N R gang" had been painted in large letters across the girls' and boys' toilet blocks.
From the 1960s to the 1980s the school achieved moderate success in sports and was on the rise during the late 1980s. The then principal, Philip Tucker, had wanted to establish Westfields as a school that could provide any sports person who attended, a pathway to the Australian Institute of Sport, and extend their possibilities beyond high school level sporting competition. The school was eventually officially declared a sports school on 24 April 1991.
Notable teachers who taught at the school in the early years of their careers include the artist Mary Shackman and the international concert pianist Michael Leslie.
Since 1997, there has been an annual student and teacher exchange scheme with Kasukabe High School, from Kasukabe, Saitama, Japan.[6]
In 2008, the International Olympic Committee recognised Westfields Sports for their involvement in producing many Australian Olympians with a special Sport and Youth Trophy.[7] In 2023, it was awarded the Australian Olympic Pathway Schools designation.[8]
Enrolment policy
[edit]The school has a partially selective approach to enrolment, with students needing to either live catchment area of the school or demonstrate their ability in sport.[9] The school is very well regarded for having produced sporting talent in a number of different areas of sporting endeavour,[10] and has received a range of grants to support its work with sporting talent.[11]
Talented sports program
[edit]Sports offered at Westfields Sports High School include athletics, Australian rules football, baseball, basketball, boxing, cricket, dance, equestrian, golf, gymnastics, hockey, netball, rowing, rugby league, rugby union, soccer, softball, swimming, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, and wrestling.
Basketball Team Achievements
[edit]Championship Women (Open)
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Runners Up: 2023
Notable alumni
[edit] | This list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (July 2019) |
- Mustafa Amini – soccer player[12]
- Terry Antonis – soccer player[12]
- Chris Armit – rugby league player[12]
- Kate Bates – track and road cyclist[12][8]
- Patrick Beach – soccer player[12]
- Michael Beauchamp – soccer player[13][12]
- Evan Berger – soccer player[12]
- Tegan Bertolissio – soccer player[12]
- Ricky Betar – Paralympic swimmer[12]
- Nicholas Bilokapic – soccer player[12]
- Noah Botic – soccer player[12]
- Leon Bott – rugby league player[14]
- Mark Bridge – soccer player[12][8]
- Lachlan Brook – soccer player[12]
- Alex Brosque – soccer player[12]
- Michael Buettner – rugby league player
- Kerem Bulut – soccer player[12]
- Jacob Burns – soccer player[12]
- Nathan Burns – soccer player[12]
- Anthony Cáceres – soccer player
- Jason Cadee – basketball player[12]
- Shane Cansdell-Sheriff – soccer player[8]
- David Carney – soccer player[13][12][8]
- Ellie Carpenter – soccer player[12][8]
- Connor Chapman – soccer player[12]
- Michael Clarke – cricketer[10][12]
- Jade Close – hockey player[8]
- Kyra Cooney-Cross – soccer player[12][8]
- Ben Coridas – rugby union player[12]
- Jason Culina – soccer player[13][12]
- Hannah Darlington – cricketer[15][12]
- Leah de Oliveira – soccer player[12]
- Miloš Degenek – soccer player[12][13]
- Bill Devenish – swimmer[16]
- Karyne Di Marco – hammer thrower[12]
- Matt Doorey – rugby league player[12]
- Jynaya dos Santos – soccer player[12]
- Jed Drew – soccer player[12]
- Shadeene Evans – soccer player[12]
- Israel Folau – rugby union, rugby league, and Australian rules football player[12]
- George Francis – rugby league player[12]
- Will Freney – soccer player[12]
- Liam Fulton – rugby league player
- Jacob Gagan – rugby league player[12]
- Daniela Galić – soccer player[12]
- Sheridan Gallagher – rugby league player[12]
- Lachlan Galvin – rugby league player
- Heather Garriock – soccer player[8]
- Bryce Gibbs – rugby league player
- Kelly Golebiowski – soccer player[8]
- Isabel Gomez – soccer player[12]
- Blake Green – rugby league player
- Michael Greenfield – rugby league player
- Eric Grothe Jr. – rugby league player[10]
- Dene Halatau – rugby league player[10][12]
- Brendan Hamill – soccer player[12]
- Amy Harrison – soccer player[12]
- Jarryd Hayne – rugby league player[10][12]
- Trent Hodkinson – rugby league player[10][12]
- Justin Horo – rugby league player[10]
- Isaac Hovar – soccer player[12]
- Angelique Hristodoulou – soccer player[12]
- Alexandra Huynh – soccer player[12]
- Bernie Ibini-Isei – soccer player[17]
- Princess Ibini-Isei – soccer player[12]
- Jamal Idris – rugby league player[10][12]
- Krisnan Inu – rugby league player[10][12]
- Luke Ivanovic – soccer player
- Scott Jamieson – soccer player[12]
- Marko Jesic – soccer player[12]
- Matthew Jurman – soccer player[13][12]
- Billie Kay – professional wrestler
- Aideen Keane – soccer player[12]
- Kris Keating – rugby league player[10]
- Matt Keating – rugby league player
- Simon Keen – cricketer[12]
- Alanna Kennedy – soccer player[12][8]
- Sean Keppie – rugby league player[12]
- Harry Kewell – soccer player[18][12]
- Usman Khawaja – cricketer[10][12]
- David Klemmer – rugby league player[10][12]
- Tim Lafai – rugby league player[10]
- Fabrice Lapierre – long jumper[12][8]
- Kylie Ledbrook – soccer player[8]
- Alessandro Lopane – soccer player[12]
- Issac Luke – rugby league player[10][12]
- Jared Lum – soccer player[12]
- Alfie Mafi – rugby union player
- Sitiveni Mafi – rugby union player[12]
- Mitchell Mallia – soccer player[12]
- Chantelle Maniti – soccer player[12]
- Kristiana Manu'a – netball player[12]
- Feleti Mateo – rugby league player[10]
- Jada Mathyssen-Whyman – soccer player[12]
- Trent McClenahan – soccer player[12][8]
- Liam McGing – soccer player[12]
- Brent McGrath – soccer player[12]
- Karl McNichol – rugby league player[10]
- Mark Minichiello – rugby league player
- Trey Mooney – rugby league player[12]
- Aaron Mooy – soccer player[13][12]
- Brodie Mooy – soccer player[13][12]
- Moudi Najjar – soccer player
- Ramy Najjarine – soccer player[12]
- Heka Nanai – rugby league player[12]
- Courtney Nevin – soccer player[12][8]
- James Nikolovski – soccer player[12]
- Luke O'Donnell – rugby league player[12]
- Wade Oostendorp – soccer player[12]
- Aimee Palmer – soccer player[12]
- Adam Pavlesic – soccer player[12]
- Corey Payne – rugby league player[10]
- Yianni Perkatis – soccer player[12]
- Helen Petinos – soccer player
- Dimitrios Petratos – soccer player[12]
- Susan Phonsongkham – soccer player[12]
- Tiago Quintal – soccer player[12]
- Jamilla Rankin – soccer player[12]
- Kim Ravaillion – netball player[12]
- Taylor Ray – soccer player[12]
- Pat Richards – rugby league player
- Peyton Royce – professional wrestler
- Mathew Ryan – soccer player[13]
- Jason Saab – rugby league player[12]
- Casey Samuels – basketball player[12]
- Sienna Saveska – soccer player[12]
- Courtney Schonell – field hockey player[12]
- Josh Schuster – rugby league player[19]
- Sam Silvera – soccer player[12]
- Lindsay Smith – rugby league player[12]
- Jaushua Sotirio – soccer player[12]
- Dani Stevens – discus thrower[12][10][20][8]
- Jeremy Su'a – rugby union player[12]
- Blaize Talagi – rugby league player[12]
- Tommy Talau – rugby league player[12]
- Ryan Teague – soccer player[12]
- John Thornell – athlete[12]
- Nemanja Tomić – soccer player[12]
- Maria Tran – actress and filmmaker[21]
- Daniel Tranter – swimmer[12][8]
- Jason Trifiro – soccer player[12]
- Tahlia Tupaea – basketball player[12]
- Stefano Utoikamanu – rugby league player[12]
- Malia Vaka – netball player[12]
- Danny Vukovic – soccer player[12]
- Brandon Wakeham – rugby league player[12]
- Sarah Walsh – soccer player[8]
- James Wesolowski – rugby league player[12]
- Amorette Wild – netball player[12]
- Tony Williams – rugby league player[10][12]
- Daniel Wilmering – soccer player[22]
- Louis Zabala – soccer player[12]
See also
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References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Westfields Sports High School, Fairfield West, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ↑ "NSW Department of Education and Training: Westfields Sports High School". Retrieved 20 June 2010.
- ↑ "High Performance Schools". School programs. Cricket NSW. 2019. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ↑ "Westfield Sports High School Annual Report 2018" (PDF). 3 June 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
- ↑ Huxley, John (20 August 2008). "Endurance and perseverance pay off". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
- ↑ "West News". westfieldsports.nsw.edu.au. 7 November 2006. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
- ↑ "IOC honour for Sydney school". Australian Olympic Committee. 27 October 2008. Archived from the original on 10 April 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Westfields Sport High Achieves Olympic Status". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
- ↑ "Selection procedures". Westfield Sports High School. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Proszenko, Adrian (13 January 2013). "Top marks to school where Stars are made". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ↑ Chammas, Michael (11 February 2009). "Grant for Westfields Sports High School". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 "Hall of Fame". Westfields Sports High School. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "The school that helped build the Socceroos". NSW Department of Education. 12 June 2026. Retrieved 27 June 2026.
- ↑ "Broncos schoolboy passes test". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
- ↑ "Hannah Darlington to captain Sydney Thunder Indigenous team". Fairfield City Champion. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019.
- ↑ "Swimmer becomes third to win cup three times". The Biz. 6 April 1967. Retrieved 9 July 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Gardiner, James (15 September 2023). "A-League: Ibini says best to come as Jets shape up for season relaunch". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
- ↑ "Higher School of Learning". Westfields Sports High School. Archived from the original on 22 August 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
- ↑ Oriszebji, Adrian (27 June 2023). "Schuster eyes Manly captaincy after signing three-year, $2.4m extension". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
- ↑ "Dani Samuels Athlete Profile". Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ↑ Dapin, Mark (30 May 2017). "Maria Tran: beaten up at high school, now action-movie ace". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
- ↑ "WestNews" (PDF). Westfield Sports High School. 4 September 2015. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
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