Bossley Park High School is built on land that was formerly producing fruits, vegetables, flowers and poultry products, a site of almost. Planning for the new school began in 1985 and White Industries Pty Ltd, was the company in charge for the construction. The contract price for the construction was almost $8 million, but, including the costs of the land and the furnishing of the buildings the final cost came to approximately $10 million. The school was established in 1988 with a small year 7 enrolment of 125 students. The inaugural principal was Brian Jux. His successor was Ian Parnaby who served for 12 years before retiring in 2013. Michelle Wood succeeded Parnaby as principal, with Vera Chevell the current principal.
Facilities
As part of the school's ongoing asset acquisition program, the library, all computer rooms, the drama room and staff rooms are air conditioned. The school is acclaimed with a quick adaptation to new technologies, putting it up to 5 years ahead of other public schools. The school has a sophisticated student computer system, and also has interactive whiteboards in a few of its classrooms. The food labs were upgraded to industry standards to facilitate the vocational education and training course hospitality operations. A concrete court was laid so that students with physical disabilities had an area where they could play sports such as wheelchair rugby. In mid-2007, a shelter was built in order to shelter it from rain.
Further upgrades
In 2008 major renovations continued including three water tanks, holding, buried on the school grounds to keep the oval in good condition. A shelter has been built over the basketball courts to catch the rain, which then flows into the tanks, to be used for irrigation. Project on a new performance center, to be completed by March 2010, would also be hooked up to the tanks. This is the start of the school's water and energy saving plans. The school aims to have solar power generators installed on the performance centre. It is estimated to cut down $3,000 per month on water bills.
Multiculturalism
Bossley Park High, as a secondary school in a multicultural community has a high percentage of students from differing ethnicities. Approximately 80% of the student body comes from a non-English speaking background. They include: Spanish, Italian, Assyrian, Arabic, Vietnamese, Cambodian and Chinese Dialects.
Sports
Bossley Park High has achieved success in sports. The school has a Talented Football Program for players interested in soccer, affiliated with the Sydney FC. Bossley Park High has won the Bill Turner Cup three times. In 1992, they won against Oxley High, In 2002, they won against Lambton High and in 2009, the school won the 31st Bill Turner Cup against Cavendish Road State High.
