Sylvania High School

Sylvania High School offers a broad and exciting curriculum that encourages students to develop essential skills, knowledge and understanding. Our school has established a strong, dynamic and caring learning environment with diverse programs that focus on engaging students by connecting their learning to the real world. These programs are delivered by a highly committed, talented and experienced team of teachers and support personnel who work collaboratively with students, parents and the broader community.

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Cooler Classrooms

This school’s Cooler Classrooms project is now complete, and the school is enjoying a healthier learning environment.

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Program

Status:

Complete

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LED Upgrade

The $157.8 million LED Lighting Upgrade Program will install new LED lights in up to 1,000 public schools across NSW. This means reduced operating costs for schools and improved learning environments and outcomes for our students.

Type:

Program

Status:

Completed

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Maintenance

To ensure the safety, reliability and longevity of our schools, every school across NSW receives maintenance. The Department undertakes preventative and routine maintenance every year, and repairs as needed. The Department also reviews the planned maintenance program for each school every year and reviews those items that are predicted to require work to help prolong the life of the school buildings and facilities.

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Program

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Demountables

Demountables have been part of the NSW education system for many decades and will continue to be used across the state. Demountable classrooms are modern, air-conditioned rooms that provide students and teaching staff with excellent quality facilities. The learning spaces have the same range of technology that is available in permanent spaces. We review school accommodation needs each year, looking at changing enrolment patterns and other factors to prepare for the upcoming school year. This helps to identify schools that need new demountables and schools where they can removed. Most demountable movement takes place between October and February and we report our annual demountable statistics each April. Additional demountable installations can occur outside this window to support capital works and maintenance projects in schools or emergency responses to natural disasters.

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Works notification - 18 May 2023

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Works notification - 23 February 2023

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Sylvania High School - works notification - 16 Febraury 2021

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New Sylvania High School intake area for 2026

From Term 1 2026, James Cook Boys Technology High School and Moorefield Girls High School will transition to a new co-educational school for Year 7-12, named Bayside High School.

A new intake area for Bayside High School will be required from 2026. This means changes to the intake areas of Kogarah High School and Sylvania High School.

The updates provide improved alignment between primary schools and high schools, enabling more students to move from primary school to high school with their peers.

The changes affect new enrolment applications for 2026. Please refer to the questions below for more information.

To view a map of the new intake area, go to School finder.

Frequently Asked Questions

I have a child already attending one of these schools, can they stay there even if I am now in a new intake area?

Yes, they can.

Will siblings have to attend different schools when the intake area changes?

If you live in an area undergoing a change and already have a child or children enrolled at a public school, they can remain at that school. You can also enrol siblings at the same school under the standard enrolment policies, regardless of the new intake area boundaries.

Can I enrol my child at a different school that I am not in the intake area for?

Non-local enrolment applications for students are considered on a case-by-case basis in line with the department’s enrolment policy.

How were the new co-educational high school intake areas developed?

The new intake areas have been developed through a consultative process with schools and communities. Several factors were considered to inform the development of the new intake areas including enrolment trends; public transport access; the size and utilisation rate of co-educational high schools; the number of students living in each proposed intake area; the proportion of students who historically enrol in either single-sex or co-educational schools; opportunities to align with primary school intake areas; and the capacity of co-educational schools to enrol students. Strong support was found for co-education with 65% of primary school parents and carers in the area preferring co-educational settings.

Enquiries

Visit your local school’s website to learn more about enrolment options.

Co-educational Commitment

Learn more about the NSW Government Co-educational Commitment.

We recognise the Ongoing Custodians of the lands and waterways where we work and live. We pay respect to Elders past and present as ongoing teachers of knowledge, songlines and stories. We strive to ensure every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander learner in NSW achieves their potential through education.

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