This is a list of schools in the state of
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
, located outside the
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
metropolitan area
A metropolitan area or metro is a region that consists of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories sharing industries, commercial areas, transport network, infrastructures and housing. A metro area usually com ...
. The Western Australian education system traditionally consists of
primary school
A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary e ...
s, which accommodate students from kindergarten to Year 6, and
high school
A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...
s, which accommodate students from Years 7 to 12. Previously primary schools accounted for Year 7 education, but in 2015 all Western Australian schools transitioned Year 7 to be a part of the high school system. In country areas, District High Schools serve as both a primary and a junior high school, with students generally commuting to or boarding at larger towns to finish the last two years of their education.
Public schools
Primary schools
District high schools
The term "district high school" in Western Australia typically means a primary school combined with a high school on the one campus which services the educational needs of a rural district. The term came into use in the 1970s; prior to this, such schools were either known as "Junior High Schools" or simply "Schools" (covering the same range of years), or "Primary Schools" which were limited to year 7, and started serving high school students only upon becoming DHSs.
High schools
Historically, a Junior High School (JHS) was a primary school with a Year 8â10 component (now known as a District High School), a High School (HS) was a high school limited to Year 8â10, whilst a Senior High School (SHS) was a high school extending to year 12.
Other schools
This is a list of all other schools operated by, or under, the Western Australian Department of Education and Training. These include special schools for the disabled, the
School of the Air
School of the Air is a generic term for correspondence schools catering for the primary and early secondary education of children in remote and outback Australia where some or all classes were historically conducted by radio, although this is n ...
and remote community schools which usually represent an
Aboriginal community and typically offer a multilingual education in the local language and/or
Kriol, and English. While some of these remote schools are new and have been established on behalf of the community, others were previously mission schools and were funded and operated by religious orders or private benefactors.
Defunct public schools
Closures since 1980
Earlier closures
Non-government schools
Kâ12 and secondary schools
Primary schools
Defunct non-government schools
See also
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List of schools in Australia
Below is a list of lists of schools in Australia:
By type
* List of government schools in Australia
* List of non-government schools in Australia
** List of religious schools in Australia
*** List of Christian schools in Australia
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Education in Western Australia
Education in Western Australia consists of public and private schools in the state of Western Australia, including public and private universities and TAFE colleges. Public school education is supervised by the Department of Education, which f ...
References
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External links
Schools Online a directory of Government schools in Western Australia. (Department of Education and Training â Government of Western Australia)
School Search at Catholic Education Office of Western Australia.
Search for School at Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia.
Lists of schools in Western Australia