Dapto High School
Location
Dapto, Illawarra region, New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	34°29′59″S 150°47′8″E / 34.49972°S 150.78556°E / -34.49972; 150.78556
Information
Type	Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
Motto	Strive for Higher Things
Established	1958; 68 years ago (1958)
School district	Lake Illawarra South; Regional South
Educational authority	New South Wales Department of Education
Principal	Joel Burnett
Deputy Principals	Daniel Inness Darcy Moore
Teaching staff	70.5 FTE (2018)[1]
Enrolment	917[1] (2018)
Campus	Outer suburban / Regional
Colours	Yellow, maroon, and white
Website	dapto-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

Dapto High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Dapto, a suburb of Wollongong in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1958, the school enrolled approximately 900 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom six percent identified as Indigenous Australians and nine percent were from a language background other than English.^[1][2][3] The school is operated by the New South Wales Department of Education; the principal is Joel Burnett.

School-to-work program

In 2002, Dapto was the subject of a case study for its school-to-work program, which chronicled how the school innovated a centralized reporting program via school reports, which turned around an otherwise unsuccessful program and made the program a "whole new approach" which was recommended for other schools.^[4] As a result of this program the school's careers advisor, Steve Heinecke, was awarded the title of top careers advisor in New South Wales in 2005.^[5]

Notable alumni

• Mathew Head – rugby league player^[6][7][8]
• Paul McGregor – rugby league player^[8][9]
• Corey Tutt – STEM champion, 2020 NSW Young Australian of the Year, and founder of DeadlyScience^[10]
• Dean Young – rugby league player^[6]

See also

• List of government schools in New South Wales
• List of schools in Illawarra and the South East
• Education in Australia

References

External links

• Official website