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, motto_translation = Courage and Valour , established = , location = 406A Hamilton Road, Fairfield West, Western Sydney, New South Wales , country = Australia , type = Government-funded
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, area = , enrolment = 1,662 , enrolment_as_of = 2018 , teaching_staff = 112.4 FTE (2018) , colours = Blue and gold , newspaper = Westnews , website = , footnotes = Westfields Sports High School (abbreviated as WSHS) is a government-funded
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comprehensive and specialist
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day school, with speciality in sports, located in Fairfield West, a
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suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1963, the school caters for approximately 1,660 students in 2018, from
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to Year 12, of whom three percent identified as Indigenous Australians and 66 percent were from a language background other than English. The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the principal is Andrew Rogers. Westfields Sports High School is a member of the NSW Sports High Schools Association. The school sits on a total area of approximately .


History

The school was established in 1963 and opened by Edward Gough Whitlam, later Australian Prime Minister. The school's first Principal was J. P. Quinlan and its first year enrolment had 300 students. Principal Quinlan had originally wanted the school's motto to be ANZAC, but that was not allowed, so he then chose the la, Fortitudo, translated as "courage and valour", that remains the school's motto today. The school originally had four sporting houses: Prospect (team colours black and gold); Kanangra (red); Werriwa (blue) and Lansdowne (green). In 1964 the new student intake was even larger than the previous year, with close to a thousand new students enrolled. Classes were listed alphabetically from A down to J to include them all. That year also saw a massive fire at the school that affected mainly the science block and the technical arts block, rendering many of the classrooms unusable. Classrooms were temporarily offered at the local primary school, Fairfield West Public School on Hamilton Road, until the burnt out classrooms could be restored. Each day for close to a year, around 100 or so new Year 7 students would attend assembly at Westfields, then march up the hill to classrooms at Fairfield West PS. The cause of the fire was never stated, but it was strongly suspected that the expulsion of several students earlier in the year had led to a grudge arson attack, since the words "N R gang" had been painted in large letters across the girls' and boys' toilet blocks. From the 1960s to the 1980s the school achieved moderate success in sports and was on the rise during the late 1980s. The then principal, Philip Tucker, had wanted to establish Westfields as a school that could provide any sports person who attended, a pathway to the
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, and extend their possibilities beyond high school level sporting competition. The school was eventually officially declared a sports school on 24 April 1991. Notable teachers who taught at the school in the early years of their careers include the artist Mary Shackman and the international concert pianist Michael Leslie. Since 1997, there has been an annual student and teacher exchange scheme with Kasukabe High School, from
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, Japan. In 2008, the International Olympic Committee recognized Westfields Sports for their involvement in producing many Australian Olympians with a special ''Sport and Youth Trophy''.


Enrolment policy

The school has a partially selective approach to enrolment, with students needing to either live within the relatively small
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of the school, or demonstrate their ability in sport. The school is very well regarded for having produced sporting talent in a number of different areas of sporting endeavour, and has received a range of grants to support its work with sporting talent.


Talented sports program

Sports offered at Westfields Sports High School include athletics,
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,
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,
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, boxing,
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,
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,
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, gymnastics,
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, rugby league, rugby union, soccer, softball, swimming, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, and wrestling.


Notable alumni

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soccer player *
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soccer player *
Leon Bott Leon Bott (born 19 October 1986 in Canterbury, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league and union footballer. Early years Bott attended Lurnea Public School, Lurnea High School, Moorebank High School and Westfield Sp ...
rugby league player *
Alex Brosque Alex Jason Brosque (; born 12 October 1983) is an Australian former professional footballer who was the captain of A-League club Sydney FC. He played primarily as a striker but played predominantly as a midfielder in central midfield during his ...
soccer player *
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rugby league player * Jacob Burnssoccer player * Anthony Cáceressoccer player *
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basketball player *
David Carney David Raymond Carney (born 30 November 1983) is an Australian former association football midfielder and who is incoming coach for 2023 season NPL NSW side Wollongong Wolves FC. Born in Sydney, he began his playing career with the New South W ...
soccer player *
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soccer player * Connor Chapmansoccer player * Michael Clarkecricket player * Jason Culinasoccer player *
Hannah Darlington Hannah Joy Darlington (born 25 January 2002) is an Australian cricketer who made her debut for the national women's team in September 2021. A right-arm medium-pace bowler, Darlington is the current captain of the Sydney Thunder in the Women's ...
- Cricketer * Miloš Degeneksoccer player *
Israel Folau Israel Folau ( to, ‘Isileli Folau; born 3 April 1989) is an Australian professional rugby union footballer who plays for the Shining Arcs in the Japan Rugby League One and the Tonga national rugby union team. He has previously played Aus ...
rugby union, rugby league, and Australian rules football player *
Liam Fulton Liam Mark Fulton (born 8 August 1984), also known by the nickname of "Bozo", is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He played for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League (NRL) compe ...
rugby league player * Bryce Gibbsrugby league player * Kelly Golebiowskisoccer player *
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rugby league player * Michael Greenfieldrugby league player * Eric Grothe Jr.rugby league player *
Dene Halatau Dene Halatau (born 27 January 1983) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who previously played for the Wests Tigers and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs of the National Rugby League. Halatau was part of the Wests Tigers ...
rugby league player * Amy Harrisonsoccer player *
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rugby league player * Josh Hildersoccer player *
Trent Hodkinson Trent Hodkinson (born 31 August 1988) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a in the NRL. He played for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in two separate spells, the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Newcastl ...
rugby league player * Justin Hororugby league player *
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soccer player * Princess Ibini-Iseisoccer player *
Jamal Idris Jamal Dasuki Idris is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. Idris was a junior athletics record holder and played in representative teams such as: Country, the indigenous nrl all stars New South Wales and Australia . A , he ...
rugby league player *
Krisnan Inu Krisnan Nevada Inu (born 17 March 1987) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a or er for the Leigh Centurions in the RFL Championship. He has played for both New Zealand and Samoa at international level. On 24 February 2022, ...
rugby league player * Luke Ivanovicsoccer player *
Scott Jamieson Scott Alexander Jamieson (born 13 October 1988) is an Australian soccer player who plays as a left back and captains for Melbourne City in the A-League. Club career Blacktown City Jamieson was born in Auburn, Sydney. He has previously pla ...
soccer player * Matthew Jurmansoccer player * Billie Kayprofessional wrestler * Kris Keatingrugby league player * Matt Keatingrugby league player * Alanna Kennedysoccer player *
Harry Kewell Harry Kewell (born 22 September 1978) is an Australian association football coach, manager and former player. His most recent role as a club manager was at English National League side Barnet, and he is currently a first team coach at Celtic ...
soccer player *
Usman Khawaja Usman Tariq Khawaja ( ur, ; born 18 December 1986) is an Australian cricketer who represents Australia and Queensland. Khawaja made his first-class cricket debut for New South Wales in 2008 and played his first international match for Austral ...
cricket player *
David Klemmer David Klemmer (born 22 December 1993) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Wests Tigers in the NRL and Australia international level. He previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the ...
rugby league player * Tim Lafairugby league player *
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athlete * Issac Lukerugby league player *
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rugby union player * Sitiveni Mafirugby union player * Kristiana Manu'a-netball player *
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rugby league player * Karl McNicholrugby league player * Mark Minichiellorugby league player *
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soccer player * Moudi Najjarsoccer player * Ramy Najjarinesoccer player * Heka Nanairugby league player *
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rugby league player * Helen Petinossoccer player * Corey Paynerugby league player *
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netball player *
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rugby league player * Peyton Royceprofessional wrestler *
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soccer player *
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rugby league player * Dani Samuelsathlete * Sam Silvera – soccer player * Jeremy Su'arugby union player * John Thornellathlete *
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actress and filmmaker *
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soccer player * Amorette Wildnetball player * Tony Williamsrugby league player * Daniel Wilmeringsoccer player


See also

* List of government schools in New South Wales *
Selective school (New South Wales) Selective schools in New South Wales, Australia are government high schools operated by the New South Wales Department of Education that accept their students based upon their academic merit. Each year, approximately 15,000 Year 6 students acr ...
* Education in Australia


References

{{NSW Selective Schools, state=autocollapse Educational institutions established in 1963 Public high schools in New South Wales 1963 establishments in Australia South Western Sydney Sports schools in Australia