Robert Townson High School


Robert Townson High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located on Thunderbolt Drive in, a south-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1987 to meet the demands of the growing suburbs of Raby,,, and, the school enrolled approximately 730 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom six percent identified as Indigenous Australians and 41 percent were from a language background other than English. The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the principal is Warren Parkes.

History

Both the High School and adjacent Primary School take their name from Robert Townson, an English scholar and scientist who settled in Colonial New South Wales and was a local farmer and land owner.

Learning facilities

Robert Townson High School is made up of 12 blocks, including portables:
Robert Townson High School has a fairly strict dress code which must be adhered to.
All students must wear predominantly black shoes which must be enclosed. On sports days students in years 7-10 are permitted to wear the school joggers any other form of track pants are not permitted.
Sport uniform is a maroon, grey and white shirt and maroon pants.

Charity

Robert Townson High is known for its ongoing volunteer work in the community. Its students participate in events and activities such as Clean Up Australia Day, The Mount Annan Challenge Walk and Australian Red Cross Blood Service donations.