Churchlands Senior High School is a co-educational high school with an enrolment of approximately 2,700 students from Year 7 to Year 12. Since its establishments in 1962, the school has sought excellence built on academic, cultural and sporting achievements. In 2011 Churchlands SHS joined the Education Department's Independent Public Schools programme. A School Board was established containing business expertise. In 2014 the Churchlands Foundation was launched with the aim of securing the school's future. The school is located in Perth's western suburbs, from the Indian Ocean and from the city centre. The student body is significantly multi-cultural with approximately sixty different nationalities and cultures represented. The school curriculum embraces tertiary entrance as well as preparation for TAFE and the workforce. Churchlands fosters relationships with its alumnus through the Alumni Association, the School Board and the Churchlands Foundation.
Academic status
Churchlands Senior High School students have received many major awards including three Beazley Medals. For the 2009 TEE, Churchlands was the highest ranked public school, based on the number of students who scored 75% or more over four subjects. For the 2008 TEE, Churchlands was the second-highest ranked public school, based on the number of students who scored 75% or more over four subjects.
WA school ranking
Year
Rank
Median ATAR
Eligible students
Students with ATAR
% students with ATAR
Notes
2018
29
85.05
352
250
71.02
2017
23
86.6
336
226
67.26
2016
28
84.7
346
271
78.32
Year 12 student achievement data
Year
Rank
% +75 in WACE
Rank
% +65 in WACE
% graduates
Notes
2015
28
14.48
31
38.06
0.00
2014
16
50.39
14
68.89
99.29
2013
14
17.61
17
43.48
96.85
2012
14
20.20
16
49.18
98.70
2011
11
22.87
15
56.86
100
2010
17
18.57
20
58.12
97.1
2009
10
50.99
6
63.36
97.88
Beazley Medal academic winners Each year, a Beazley Medal is presented to the top ranked academic student in Western Australia. Churchlands Senior High School recipients have been:
2009: Hayley Anderson
1992: Jonathon Robert Leslie Paget
1989: Howard Ho-Wah Yip
Music
Churchlands Senior High School's Gifted and Talented music program has run for more than three decades. Facilities include a 504-seat acoustically engineered concert hall, a music auditorium seating 254, a dedicated choral studio and with instrumental practice rooms. International recognition includes the attainment of honours at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod in Wales and at the World Music Festival in Geneva. Student musicians perform for audiences in Australia and overseas with three-yearly tours to Europe, Asia and North America. Ensemble performance is an integral part of the Churchlands music experience, and the performing ensembles include choirs, concert bands, orchestras, chamber groups, and guitar ensembles. To enter any level of the music program students must complete tests and auditions. Those who win a place in the program undertake an intensive course that is both practical and theoretical.
Andrew Poole - cave diver & explorer, co-discovered longest cave in Indonesia, and co-discovered the remipede species L. exleyi in a sink hole near Exmouth
