Blacktown Boys High School (BBHS) is a government-funded single-sex academically partially selective secondary

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for boys, located in

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, a western Sydney suburb of

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, Australia. Established in 1956 as Blacktown High School, the school enrolled approximately 378 students in 2020, from

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to Year 12, of whom 0.02 percent identified as

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and 97 percent were from a language background other than English. The school is operated by the

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in accordance with a curriculum developed by the

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. The principal is David Calleja. Its

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is Blacktown Girls High School which is located adjacent to the high school.

History

The school was originally established in January 1956 as the

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Blacktown High School. However, owing to a growing local population and in accordance with government policy, it was decided that the schools would be split into two single-sex schools: Blacktown Boys High School, and Blacktown Girls High School. Both were fully split by 1959. Blacktown Boys was officially opened on 17 October 1959 by the Deputy Premier and Minister of Education, Bob Heffron. A school cadet unit was formed in 1961, and disbanded in the 1970s as multiple fights took place. The school became a partially selective school in 2010.

Notable alumni

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former politician and activist; former Leader of the Australian Greens; former

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; 1961 school captain * Charles Casuscellipolitician; former Liberal Party Member for

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(2011–2015); Chair of the NSW Parliament's Transport and Infrastructure Committee * Graham Joseph Hill – theologian

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* {{Public high schools in Sydney, state=collapsed Public high schools in Sydney Educational institutions established in 1959 1959 establishments in Australia Boys' schools in New South Wales Blacktown Selective schools in New South Wales

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