Cessnock High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive

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day school, located in

Aberdare Aberdare ( ; cy, Aberdâr) is a town in the Cynon Valley area of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, at the confluence of the Rivers Dare (Dâr) and Cynon. Aberdare has a population of 39,550 (mid-2017 estimate). Aberdare is south-west of Merthyr Tyd ...

, in the

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. The school provides the NSW Higher School Certificate (HSC) in Year 12. The school enrolled approximately 636 students in 2020, from Year 7 to

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, of whom 25 percent identified as

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

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; the principal is Peter Riley. The school is part of the Cessnock Community of Great Public Schools, a local management group consisting of 15 schools designed to improve learning, engagement and wellbeing in the region.

History

The school originally opened in 1921 at the location of the current Cessnock Public School. The high school was moved to its current site, on Aberdare Road, in May 1938. Around the time of its relocation, it was the biggest school in the state, and one of the biggest schools in

. During

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, slip trenches were dug out at the school. The school celebrated 75 years in 2013.

Notable alumni

Douglas Daft Douglas Neville Daft (born 20 March 1943 in Cessnock, New South Wales) is an Australian businessman. He graduated from the University of New England in Armidale, New South Wales in 1963 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in Mathematics. ...

– businessman *

Robert Endean Robert Endean (1925–1997) was an Australian marine scientist and academic at the University of Queensland. Early life Robert Endean was born in December 1925 in Abermain, New South Wales, and was raised in Abernethy. He attended Cessnock Hig ...

– marine scientist and academic *

Eric Fitzgibbon Eric John Fitzgibbon (27 August 1936 – 24 January 2015) was an Australian politician representing the Australian Labor Party. Born in Taree, New South Wales, he attended the University of New England and became a teacher. He served on Cessn ...

– politician * John Hughes – writer * Kenneth Neate – opera singer *

Frank Rickwood Frank Kenneth Rickwood OBE (1921–2009) was an Australian businessman in the oil industry. He worked for BP from 1956 to 1980, serving as the President of BP Alaska from 1969 to 1980. He later served as the Chairman of Oil Search, focusing o ...

– businessman

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* {{Hunter Region places and items of interest Public high schools in New South Wales City of Cessnock Educational institutions established in 1938 1938 establishments in Australia

History

Notable alumni

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