Canley Vale High School

Canley Vale High School
"We Care"
Location
Canley Vale, New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	33°53′5.57″S 150°57′5.18″E / 33.8848806°S 150.9514389°E / -33.8848806; 150.9514389Coordinates: 33°53′5.57″S 150°57′5.18″E / 33.8848806°S 150.9514389°E / -33.8848806; 150.9514389
Information
Type	Public, Co-educational, Day school
Established	1965
Principal	Peter Rouse
Grades	7–12
Enrolment	~1500
Campus	Suburban
Colour(s)	Blue and White.
Website	http://www.canleyvale-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Canley Vale High School is a New South Wales Government co-educational high school located in south-west Sydney, in the suburb of Canley Vale, NSW, Australia. It was established in 1965, on which was once an area of orchards and currently provides for around 1500 students.

97% of the school's student population comes from a non-English Speaking background, which include predominately Cambodian, Chinese and Vietnamese backgrounds as well as Samoans, Tongans and Maoris.

Canley Vale High School is also regarded as one of the best academically non-selective co-educational public high schools in the Liverpool-Fairfield area, consistently ranking in the top schools in NSW in terms of its HSC results, with many students achieving in the top bands for various subjects.^[1]

Canley Vale HS has four houses Parkes, Bonham, Horsley and Lennox. All of them are named after landmarks. Parkes was named after Parkes Reserve. Horsely is named after Horsley Drive which was named after a 19th-century policeman. Lennox was named after Lennox Bridge which was built by convict gangs in the 19th century under the supervision of Lennox. Less obviously, Bonham house was named after a local councillor who pushed to get the school built, giving half of his land to a section of Parkes Reserve in 1965.

Notable Alumni

Jason Clare graduated from CVHS in 1989, achieving dux. He has gone on to represent the seat of Blaxland for the Australian Labor Party in the Federal Australian Parliament.

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