Clarence High School (Bellerive, Tasmania)

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School in Australia

Clarence High School
Address

25 Wentworth Street Bellerive, Hobart, Tasmania Australia
Coordinates	42°52′39″S 147°23′21″E / 42.8775°S 147.3893°E / -42.8775; 147.3893
Information
Type	Government comprehensive junior secondary school
Established	1959; 66 years ago (1959)
Status	Open
School district	Southern
Educational authority	Tasmanian Department of Education
Oversight	Office of Tasmanian Assessment, Standards & Certification
Principal	Alanna Green
Teaching staff	46.2 FTE (2021)
Years	7–10
Gender	Co-educational
Enrolment	603 (2021)
Campus type	Suburban
Houses	Flynn Gilmore Mawson Nightingale
Colour(s)	Green, white, & maroon
Website	clarencehigh.education.tas.edu.au

Clarence High School is a government co-educational comprehensive junior secondary school located in Bellerive, a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Established in 1959, the school caters for approximately 600 students from Years 7 to 10. The school is administered by the Tasmanian Department of Education.

As of 2023, student enrolments were 633.As of December 2024, the principal of Clarence High School is Mr. Nick Dodd.

History and facilities

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The school was the first comprehensive state secondary school on the eastern shore of Hobart's River Derwent, opening in 1959.

The school contains a gymnasium, cricket nets, Australian rules football oval, soccer field and a beach volleyball court.

Clarence High School has four houses; Flynn, Gilmore, Mawson, and Nightingale.

Metro Tasmania operates several bus lines that run past the school, with some bus lines running into and out from the school grounds.

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"Clarence High School". Department for Education, Children and Young People. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
Schoolzine. "Principal Welcome - Clarence High School". Clarence High School Website. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
"Clarence High School - Metro Tasmania". Metro Tasmania. Metro Tasmania. Retrieved 17 September 2022.

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