Pendle Hill High School is a comprehensive, co-educational high school with around 692 students located in Pendle Hill, a suburb in the west of Sydney, Australia. It was created in 1965, 10 years after the opening of Pendle Hill Public School.
School profile The school is set in a residential area that is slowly undergoing renewal with increasing medium-density development, particularly around Pendle Hill station and Wentworthville railway station. The school is located around 3 km away from Pendle Hill station and around 2 km from Wentworthville station.
There is increasing student cultural diversity with 5% of students identifying as Aboriginal or Torress Strait Islander and 72% of students coming from non-English speaking backgrounds.
Notable alumni Maureen Cairdathlete; competed in the Mexico Olympics Women's 80m Hurdles Julian CheungHong Kong actor Bradley Horeboxer; two Olympic and Commonwealth Games Representative Boxing Neil Huntrugby league footballer Fiona Johnsonhockey player; played with the Hockeyroos John Larkinauthor Scott Mahonrugby league footballer Bradley McGeecyclist Joan Rossartist; winner of the 2017 Sir John Sulman Prize
See also List of government schools in New South Wales: G–P
References
External links Pendle Hill High School website