School Vision and Context 

In our compassionate and caring school community, we value a love of learning and achieving personal best. We endeavour to offer a broad range of experiences in diverse and harmonious environments that challenge and engage students. To enhance literacy and numeracy skills and deepen understanding, we use explicit and differentiated learning strategies. We are committed to high expectations, excellence and integrity for all of our students and staff, underpinned by mutual respect, inclusivity and a desire to continuously learn and improve each year. 

Smith's Hill High School is an academically selective school situated in central Wollongong. It has an enrolment of 734 students drawn from a broad geographical area. Students with a language background other than English make up 34% of the student population with Indigenous students making up 1%. Smith's Hill HS supports every student to achieve their educational potential, through talent development opportunities, and differentiated teaching and learning practices to ensure that their specific learning and wellbeing needs are met. 

The school fosters a safe, nurturing and harmonious environment where diversity is embraced and celebrated; where students experience a flexible, challenging and relevant learning environment. This includes facilitating social justice clubs and the development of student attitudes and values which promote endeavour, respect, integrity, compassion, harmony, self-regulation, citizenship and leadership. Smith's Hill High School has dedicated and passionate staff, caring and engaged parents and motivated students with a genuine love of learning. The school's curriculum provides a broad range of subject choices and extracurricular opportunities in all stages and a variety of learning pathways. The school is committed to continually improving effective classroom practices with staff professional learning being the key to ensuring this. This professional learning will ensure that student growth and attainment, and both literacy and numeracy levels can be enhanced through improved use of data, to support differentiated learning. 

Our school regularly welcomes and addresses feedback on school performance from its broader school community. Through collaborative leadership, the school is committed to improvement and change becoming a collective rather than an individual responsibility. Our School Council, SRC and P&C bodies are active and effective in collaborative decision making with the learning community including students, parents and staff. We are committed to connecting with community and have fostered strong partnerships with universities, charity and community groups, and our sister schools across the world.