Sydney Boys High School is an academically selective public secondary school for boys, located in the City of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, with 1,180 students, from years 7 to 12. It regularly ranks highly amongst schools in the state of New South Wales in terms of academic results.
Sydney Boys High School, operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training, was the highest achiever in the Higher School Certificate of all boys' schools in New South Wales in 2006 and 2010 according to a list published by the Sydney Morning Herald. The school was previously known as The Sydney High School, due to its position as the first government High School in New South Wales created under Premier Henry Parkes' system of public education in the early 1880s.
Sydney Boys High School's sister school is its neighbour at Moore Park: Sydney Girls High School. The school is a member of the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (GPS).
In 2010 The Age reported that Sydney Boys High School ranked third among Australian schools based on the number of alumni who had received a top Order of Australia honour.
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