Peel High School is a government-funded co-educational dual modality partially academically selective and comprehensive secondary day school, located in Tamworth, a city in the northwest region of New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1976, the school enrolled 720 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom 38 percent identified as Indigenous Australians and six percent were from a language background other than English. The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; and prepares students for the School Certificate (Year 10), and the NSW Higher School Certificate (Year 12). The principal is Fiona Jackson.
Peel High School has an educational focus on technology.
Overview Established in 1976, Peel High School was named after Sir Robert Peel, a British politician from the time of the British discovery of the Tamworth region. On the first of February 1977, Peel High School occupied its temporary premises at the rear of Hillvue Public School in demountable buildings while permanent buildings were being constructed at the Gunnedah road site.
The school has with links to the community, parents, Technical and Further Education (TAFE), local businesses and local government schools. It has three special needs classes, Aboriginal education, and is responsible for the offsite annex, Tamworth Tutorial Centre, which caters for students from local schools with conduct disorders.
Peel High School has had success over many years with the breeding of Suffolk sheep and Angus cattle along with poultry breeding and showing. The school is a registered breeder of Suffolk sheep, and has won first prizes at the Sydney Royal Easter Show including Grand Champion Ram, Grand Champion Ewe, Champion Schools Exhibit and most successful school.
Principals The following individuals have served as principal of Peel High School:
Ordinal Officeholder Term start Term end Time in office Notes Jeff Lee 1977 1980 years Allen J Smee 1981 1983 years 3 Jeff Lee 1984 1985 years 4 Dr Ray Dart 1986 2000 years 5 Gregory Hyde 2001 2004 years 6 Mark Hewitt 2005 2007 years 7 Bill Campbell 2007 2017 years 8 Patrick Sullivan 2017 2017 years Acting 9 Rodney Jones 2017 2021 years 10Erica Burge20212023 1–2 years11Fiona Jackson2024~2 years
See also
List of government schools in New South Wales: G–P List of selective high schools in New South Wales Selective school (New South Wales) List of schools in Tamworth Education in Australia
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