Canley Vale High School
Canley Vale High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Canley Vale, a south-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1965 in an area that once comprised orchards, the school now caters for approximately 1,500 students from Year 7 to Year 12. The school is operated by the New South Wales Department of Education; and its current principal is Peter Rouse.
Campus
The school is situated in Canley Vale, a suburb in south-western Sydney. The campus is built around the main quadrangle, next to the historic bell tower. Other facilities also include a multi-purpose school hall on the western end of the school, a table tennis complex near the quadrangle and a sports field to the north-east, outside of the school. Orphan School Creek which flows behind the campus, marks the school's northern boundaries.The school is located about 10 minutes away from Canley Vale railway station.
Student life
Canley Vale High attracts many students from outside the local area and overseas due to its multicultural environment and student welfare program. A high proportion of the school's student population comes from a non-English speaking background, which includes predominately those of Cambodian, Chinese and Vietnamese heritage as well as students with Polynesian backgrounds.Academic results
Canley Vale High School has close ties with the local community and has a reputation for high academic achievement and expectations of student excellence; and is one of the best academically non-selective co-educational public high schools in the Liverpool-Fairfield area.In 2016, the school was the highest ranked in Higher School Certificate results for New South Wales schools with the lowest levels of socio-educational advantage.
Houses
As with most Australian schools, CVHS utilises a house system. Students are allocated to a house when they enter the school according to the first letter of their surname. There are four different houses under which students compete for the swimming, athletics and cross country carnivals:| House name | Colour | Naming | Notes |
| Bonham | Red | ||
| Horsley | Yellow | The Horsley Drive; itself drawn from the Horsley complex in Surrey, England | |
| Lennox | Green | Lennox Bridge, Glenbrook and Lennox Bridge, Parramatta; itself drawn from the bridge's designer, David Lennox | |
| Parkes | Blue | Parkes Reserve, located near the school; likely to be drawn from Henry Parkes |