Willetton Senior High School

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Willetton Senior High School (WSHS) is a public secondary school in Willetton, Western Australia, Template:Convert south of the Perth central business district and Template:Convert east of the port of Fremantle. The school opened in February 1977 with 77 students. It is one of the largest schools in Western Australia,<ref name=DET>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> with Template:Wikidata enrolled students as of Template:Wikidata.

The student catchment area for WSHS encompasses the suburb of Willetton and part of the suburb of Bull Creek,<ref name="wshs-lia" /> which is shared with Leeming Senior High School and Rossmoyne Senior High School.

Campus

WSHS covers an area of approximately Template:Convert, located adjacent to Burrendah Primary School and Castlereagh School. There are seven main buildings, along with numerous transportable buildings, some many years old. A$5 million upgrade was completed in 2008 that resulted in the construction of a new gymnasium and several new facilities.

WSHS underwent a multimillion-dollar renovation and redevelopment that commenced in 2014.<ref name=R1/> In the second semester of 2014, asbestos contamination was detected after construction workers found pieces of asbestos had fallen off the roof of a school building slated for demolition.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The school was closed for a week so the site could be inspected.<ref name=R1>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Teachers were sent to work from North Lake Senior High School where they connected with students via the internet so that classes could continue.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The following phase of the redevelopment, involving the construction of another block of classrooms, commenced in February 2022. Construction was completed in early 2024.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Academic rankings

The Year 12 cohorts at Willetton perform consistently well in the WACE school rankings, and the school ranks well when compared to other schools in Western Australia.

WA school ATAR ranking
Year Rank Median ATAR Eligible students Students with ATAR % students with ATAR Notes
2018 15 87.5 367 294 79.84 citation CitationClass=web

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2017 13 89.15 395 272 68.86 citation CitationClass=web

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2016 14 88.05 389 289 74.29 citation CitationClass=web

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Year 12 student achievement data
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2015 17 20.05 21 45.16 96.37 citation CitationClass=web

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2014 15 20.42 16 46.94 97.25 citation CitationClass=web

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2013 17 15.95 20 40.39 96.70 citation CitationClass=web

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2012 17 17.21 21 46.03 97.22 citation CitationClass=web

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2011 10 24.02 12 59.11 99.13 citation CitationClass=web

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2010 20 16.93 33 51.07 97.60 citation CitationClass=web

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2009 22 40.29
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In 2017, Andreea Ioan won the Beazley Medal for the top ranked Vocational Education and Training student in Western Australia.

Special programs

WSHS is one of 20 schools offering the Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) program with entry through a centrally organised testing program.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Entry to the science-focused Gifted & Talented (G&T) program is managed at the school level. The school offers a specialist fine arts course for Years 8 to 10 and a successful senior school art program. A specialist course in computing was the first of its kind in WA and has recently been expanded to include a multimedia stream. A specialist basketball course runs from Years 8 to 11 and offers students a TAFE Certificate II in Sport Coaching and Sport and Recreation. Both male and female teams have won multiple national championships.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Self-published source</ref> As of June 2019, Willetton SHS introduced a program called the eSports Club where all students can prepare for a sports competition and practice against other local schools.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Self-published source</ref> Some of the team names include WSHS eSports and DLGCTemplate:Definition needed.

Basketball Team Achievements

Championship Men (Open)

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International relations

WSHS has a sister school relationship with the High School and Junior High School of University of Hyogo located in Kamigōri, Ako District, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Cultural exchanges between the two schools commenced in 1995 and a collaborative international partnership was established in 2005. WSHS maintains relationships that provide opportunities for French and Italian language students to study overseas.Template:Citation needed

Incidents

On 11 May 2020, a 16-year-old male student was charged with illegal possession of a firearm after taking a gel blaster and a knife into the school.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Crime Stoppers received a tipoff regarding the gun before the officers were called to the school at about 2:30Template:Nbsppm. In a statement "the Education Department said [...] no other students were impacted and the situation was well managed."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On 5 May 2022, a female student pled guilty to a charge of attempted murder after she stabbed a female teacher at WSHS in November 2021.<ref name="men22">Template:Cite news</ref> The girl had a female accomplice, who pled not guilty to the same charge.<ref name="men22" /><ref name="mcn22">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Although the intent was to wound the teacher fatally, the teacher was not injured seriously, receiving a Template:Convert wound near the left armpit.<ref name="mcn22" /> The attacking girl was 14 years old at the time of the stabbing, and the girl that assisted was 13.<ref name="men22" /><ref name="mcn22" /> In September 2022 the attacker was "sentenced to three years and one month detention, but will be eligible for parole after serving 15 months, a sentence [...] lower than it could have been due to the poor conditions at Banksia Hill";<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> the crime carries "a maximum penalty of life imprisonment."<ref name="metu22">Template:Cite news</ref> The accomplice was sentenced 12 days earlier "to 11 months in juvenile detention, but she may be released after serving half of that",<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> with this sentence also lower than it could have been because of the poor conditions at Banksia Hill.

Notable alumni

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  • Rhys Vague – Basketball player<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • James Wan – Australian producer, screenwriter and director<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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See also

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References

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Further reading

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