Wiley Park Girls High School

Wiley Park Girls High School is a comprehensive high school in South Western Sydney. It has a proud history of supporting a diverse student population and caters for the needs of all students including Aboriginal students, Gifted and Talented students (GATS) and students (97%) from a language background other than English, including refugee students. The school serves a low socio-economic community and as such receives support from Priority Schools Programs including the Priority Action School program and the Low SES School Communities National Partnership. This additional support enables innovative programs to be created and implemented to further improve the learning outcomes of our students. The school also works in partnership with Canterbury Leagues Club to provide scholarships for incoming Year 7 students. Our major focus over the next three years will be literacy, numeracy and ICT. Our aim is to transform teaching practice through innovative curriculum development and professional learning for teachers in the delivery of reading and comprehension strategies, numeracy across the curriculum and the use of technology to enhance student learning. The school delivers the full range of academic courses and has a strong vocational education stream through the delivery of four Vocational Education and Training (VET) frameworks. A Trade Training Centre for Hospitality will be operational in 2013. The school offers programs to maximise the participation of parents in school life, keeping open the lines of communication with parents and the broader community. These programs include parent workshops, collaboration in curriculum design, strategies to support learning in the home and celebrating student achievement. We offer the best education parents can expect in: Quality teaching and learning; our dedicated teachers deliver excellence in all key learning areas. We offer a broad range of electives in academic, vocational, performing and creative arts and physical education. Student's talents and potential are nurtured and developed by every teacher. Diversity care and respect; our school has a proud history of supporting a diverse community and catering to the needs of students from a variety of language backgrounds. Traditions and cultures are recognised and respected. Learning for life; we foster in our students a love of learning in school and beyond. With a strong focus on problem solving, literacy, numeracy and information technology, our students graduate as confident young woman ready for today’s world. Modern facilities; our facilities include a performing arts space, library, modern science laboratories, technology rooms, computer centres, an innovative learning centre, a covered outdoor learning space and a hospitality trade training centre (in 2013) and Community partnerships; we are proud of the fact that we know our community well. Our parents work with us in partnership to provide the best possible pathway in the education of their daughter. Our students benefit from the strong partnerships we have with Universities, TAFE and the business community