Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
Motto
Latin: Ad Altiora (Towards higher things)
Established
1954; 70 years ago (1954)
Educational authority
New South Wales Department of Education
Principal
Catherine Glover[1]
Teaching staff
74.5 FTE (2018)[2]
Years
7–12
Enrolment
1,041[2] (2018)
Campus type
Regional
Colour(s)
Blue, white and gold
Website
kiama-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
Kiama High School (abbreviated as KHS) is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in the town of Kiama, in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia.[3]
Established in 1954, the school enrolled about 1,040 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom four percent identified as Indigenous Australians and eight percent were from a language background other than English.[2] The school is operated by the New South Wales Department of Education.
This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni, or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations.(February 2017)
Matt Brown – politician; former NSW Labor member for Kiama[4]
Sally Fitzgibbons – surfer; U18 Girls Junior World Surfing Champion
Peter Knott – politician; former Labor member for Gilmore
Robbie Maddison – world record for the longest motorcycle ramp jump at 322 feet 7+1⁄2 inches (98.336 m)
Brett Morris – rugby league player; played with the Canterbury Bulldogs[5]
Josh Morris – rugby league player; played with the Canterbury Bulldogs[5]
Ashton Sims – rugby league player[6]
Korbin Sims – rugby league player
Tariq Sims – rugby league player
Grace Stewart – hockey player; played with the Australia women's national field hockey team[7]
Rod Wishart – rugby league player; represented New South Wales and Kangaroos
^"Principal's welcome". Kiama High School. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
^ abc"Kiama High School, Kiama, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
^"Kiama High School". Kiama High School. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
^"Councillor Matt Brown". www.kiama.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
^ abHall, David (19 December 2014). "Kiama High recognises high achievers". Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
^"On-field hardman Ashton Sims is giving back". The Singleton Argus. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
^"Hockeyroos Squad Profiles: Grace Stewart". Hockey Australia. Archived from the original on 23 December 2016.
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