Hunter River High School

Hunter River High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located adjacent to the Hunter River, in Heatherbrae, south of Raymond Terrace, in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.

Hunter River High School
Location
Elkin Avenue, Heatherbrae, south of Raymond Terrace, Hunter Region, New South Wales

Australia
Coordinates32°46′54″S 151°43′58″E
Information
Former nameRaymond Terrace High School
TypeGovernment-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
MottoFrench: Essayez
(Test yourself)
Educational authorityNew South Wales Department of Education
PrincipalDeb Dibley
Teaching staff64.7 FTE (2018)[1]
Years7–12
Enrolment816[1] (2018)
CampusSuburban
Colour(s)    Blue, white and green
SloganQuality Relationships – Quality Learning
Websitehunterriv-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

Established as Raymond Terrace High School,[2] the school enrolled approximately 800 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom 19 percent identified as Indigenous Australians and four percent were from a language background other than English.[1] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the principal is Deb Dibley.

The school's traditional motto appears on the school's crest and is in French: Essayez, translated as "Test yourself". The school's second motto, or slogan, is "Quality Relationships – Quality Learning".[3]

See also

References
  1. "Hunter River High School, Heatherbrae, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  2. Price, John (4 May 2005). Hunter River High School (Speech). Hansard. Legislative Assembly of New South Wales, Sydney: Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  3. "About our school". Hunter River High School. New South Wales Department of Education. n.d. Retrieved 1 July 2019.


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