Newtown High School of the Performing Arts
St George's Hall
Location
King Street, Newtown,[2] Inner West region of Sydney, New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	33°53′58″S 151°10′43″E / 33.89948°S 151.17851°E / -33.89948; 151.17851
Information
Former names	Newtown Boys High School Petersham Girls High School
Type	Government-funded co-educational comprehensive and specialist secondary day school
Motto	Equity, creativity, excellence
Established	1990; 34 years ago (1990)
Educational authority	New South Wales Department of Education
Specialist	Performing arts
Principal	Dr. Susan Green [1]
Years	7–12
Enrolment	c. 1,000
Color(s)	Blue and red
Website	newtown-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

The Newtown High School of the Performing Arts is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive and specialist secondary day school in the suburb of Newtown in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is among a few performing arts and visual arts schools in Australia.^{[citation needed]} All students must study drama, music, dance and visual arts subjects as part of the curriculum for the first year of secondary school, and one performing or visual arts subject until Year 11.^{[citation needed]} The school participates in variety of events both on and off campus in all types of performing and visual arts as well as video, technical, costume and design.^{[citation needed]}

In 2016, it adopted an 'inclusive' uniform policy, under which there are separate 'boys' and 'girls' uniforms and students may wear whichever they prefer.^[3][4]

The New South Wales Department of Education runs the school.^[5] Dr Susan Green has been principal since November 2023.^[1]

The school caters for approximately 1,200 students from Year 7 to Year 12.^{[citation needed]}

The school remains open and accessible to the local population, however a larger percentage of prospective students from outside the local acceptance boundaries can audition to obtain a place at the school.^[6]

Extracurricular activities are available; there are ensembles and companies in the music, drama and dance departments.^[7]

• Ralph Myers (1996) – artistic director of theatre company Company B Belvoir
• Jac Bowie (1997) – entrepreneur, founder of Business in Heels
• Nathan Foley (1997) – cast member of Hi-5
• Elle Dawe (1998) – actress
• Elana Stone (1998) – jazz singer and band leader
• Abe Forsythe (1999) – actor
• Virginia Gay (1999) – actress
• Tamara Jaber (1999) – recording artist
• Emma Lung (1999) – actress
• Alyssa McClelland (1999) – actress
• Rose Jackson (2002) – former president of the University of Sydney Students' Representative Council and past president of the National Union of Students
• Indiana Evans (2003) – actress
• Lindsay Farris (2003) – actor and Artistic Director of the National Youth Theatre Company and founding Chairman of the National Youth Theatre Company Foundation
• Yael Stone (2003) – actress
• Jessica Tovey (2005) – actress
• Jordan 'Friendlyjordies' Shanks (2007) – YouTuber and political commentator
• Paddy Cornwall (2007) – Bass player for indie rock band Sticky Fingers^[8]
• Abby Earl (2007) – actress
• Dylan Frost (2008) – Lead singer for indie rock band Sticky Fingers^[8]
• David Jones-Roberts (2008) – actor
• Hanna Mangan-Lawrence (2008) – actress
• Alycia Debnam-Carey (2011) – actress
• Bree Masters (2012) – Olympic sprinter
• Odessa Young (2013) – actress
• Christopher Bahng/Bang (2014) – professionally known as Bang Chan; leader of South Korean boy group Stray Kids under JYP Entertainment
• Claude Scott-Mitchell (2014) – actress
• Samuel Thomson (2014) – actor and rhythmic gymnastics, Australian youth champion at the 2012 Australian games
• Sophie Wilde (2015) – actress
• Milly Alcock (2018) – actress^[9]
• Ed Oxenbould (2019) – actor
• Maya Cumming (2019) – former Internet personality and pop musician known as MAY-A

• List of government schools in New South Wales
• List of selective high schools in New South Wales
• List of creative and performing arts high schools in New South Wales

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v t e Performing arts schools in Australia
Acting	Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts Adelaide College of the Arts Australian Institute of Music - Dramatic Arts (formerly Australian Academy of Dramatic Art) Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne National Institute of Dramatic Art New York Film Academy Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University Screenwise Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Dance	Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts Australian Ballet School Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Development Association Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Music	Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts Australian Institute of Music Australian National Academy of Music Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University Sydney Conservatorium of Music Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music UWA Conservatorium of Music Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Musical theatre	Australian Institute of Music Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Secondary	Australian Performing Arts Grammar School Newtown High School of the Performing Arts Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School John Curtin College of the Arts