Castle Hill High School, located in Castle Street,

Castle Hill, New South Wales Castle Hill is a suburb of Greater Western Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, located 34 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district and 9.5 kilometres north of Parramatta. It is within the Hills District, New South ...

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with students ranging from year 7 to year 12, established in 1963. Castle Hill High School generally performs well in the HSC, with many students achieving band 6s each year. In 2018, 231 were achieved, and one student attained the minimum possible rank in the state for their subject. Five students also received an all rounder award for achieving band 6s for a total of all their subjects. The school was recognised by Better Education HSC in their Sound Demonstration of merit regarding Effort in Mathematics and English, coming 84th in New South Wales as of late 2018 on the list.

Sport

The school is in association with the New South Wales Combined High Schools Sports Association, and competes in The Brewer Cup, and

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Notable alumni

Briony Akle Briony Akle is a former Australia netball player and current netball coach. Between 1999 and 2004, Akle played for Sydney Swifts in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league. Akle was a member of the Sydney Swifts teams that won premierships in 20 ...

, netball coach and former player *

Dieter Brummer Dieter Kirk Brummer (5 May 1976 – 24 July 2021) was an Australian actor. He was best known for his roles in television soap operas, including playing Shane Parrish in ''Home and Away'' from 1992 to 1996 and Troy Miller in ''Neighbours'' from 20 ...

, Home and Away actor *

Maree Holland Maree Anne Holland (born 25 July 1963 in Parramatta) is a retired Australian sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. She represented her country at the 1988 Summer Olympics finishing eighth in the final. She also competed at the 1989 Worl ...

, Olympian 400m athletics finalist *

Alexandra Davies Alexandra Davies (born 8 March 1977) is an English-born Australian actress. She attended Castle Hill High school from 1989 to 1994 Davies graduated from the University of Western Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts in Performance In her breakth ...

, All Saints actor

References

External links

Castle Hill High School website
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