Moss Vale High School is a secondary

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 public school in Moss Vale

Moss Vale, New South Wales

Moss Vale is a town in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire. It has a population of 7,339 and is sited on the Illawarra Highway, which connects to Wollongong and the Illawarra coast via Macquarie Pass...

. The school is one of two major public

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 high schools in the Southern Highlands

Southern Highlands, New South Wales

The Southern Highlands, also locally referred to as the Highlands, is a geographical region and district in New South Wales, Australia and is 110 km south-west of Sydney. The entire region is under the local government area of the Wingecarribee Shire...

, the other being Bowral High.

According to Department of Education & Training;

Moss Vale High School is a comprehensive secondary school serving a community extending from Robertson in the east to Wingello in the south. Set in extensive grounds on a hill overlooking the northern outskirts of Moss Vale, it provides space for the growth and development of young people. A broad and varied curriculum offers opportunities for all students to develop the self esteem that accompanies success, whilst the needs of all are met by a full range of academic sporting, social and cultural activities.

Moss Vale High caters as a school for a wide area, the main locations are:

• The main towns of Moss Vale
  Moss Vale, New South Wales
  Moss Vale is a town in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire. It has a population of 7,339 and is sited on the Illawarra Highway, which connects to Wollongong and the Illawarra coast via Macquarie Pass...
  
  , Bundanoon
  Bundanoon, New South Wales
  Bundanoon is a town in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire. In 2006, Bundanoon had a population of 2,035 people...
  
   and Robertson
  Robertson, New South Wales
  Robertson is a small town in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire. The town is located on the edge of an elevated plateau about 35 km from the coast. At the 2006 census, Robertson had a population of 1,206 people.Robertson is known for its high annual...
  
  .
• Central Villages such as Burrawang
  Burrawang, New South Wales
  Burrawang is a village in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia in Wingecarribee Shire. According to the 2006 Australian census, Burrawang's population was 177....
  
  , Avoca
  Avoca, New South Wales
  Avoca is a small town in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire.The population is about 500 including the villages of Fitzroy Falls and Myra Vale....
  
  , Wildes Meadow
  Wildes Meadow, New South Wales
  Wildes Meadow is a hamlet village in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire. It was formerly known as Joe Wilds Meadow named after a convict/explorer, Joseph Wild....
  
   and Fitzroy Falls
  Fitzroy Falls, New South Wales
  Fitzroy Falls is a locality in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire. It was previously known as Yarrunga but was renamed after the 81-metre waterfall located there...
  
  .
• Southern Villages such as Sutton Forest, Exeter, Penrose
  Penrose, New South Wales
  Penrose is a small town in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire. It has a station on the Main Southern railway line served by CityRail's Southern Highlands services...
  
   and Wingello
  Wingello, New South Wales
  Wingello is a village in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia. It is about equidistant between Sydney, the capital of NSW, and Canberra, the nation’s capital. It has a station on CityRail's Southern Highlands line...
  
  

Principals

{| class="wikitable"
|Phillip Crampton
|2001
|-
|Jim McAlpine
|2001–2008, 2006–2009
|-

|Suzanne Williams
|2010,2011

Subjects

Moss Vale High School has large range of subjects for students to choose from. Mos Vale High School also specialises in Agriculture and as the school has close links with the Moss Vale Institute of Tafe, many subjects are offered as Vet courses as well:

• Agriculture
• Music
• Drama
• Sport and Recreation
• Personal Development, Health and Physical Education
• Information Technology
• Hospitality
• Tourism
• Construction
• Woodwork
• Metalwork
• Society and Culture
• Child studies
• Food Technology
• Textiles and Design
• English
• History
• Geography
• Design and Technology
• Legal
• Business Studies
• Mathematics
• LOTE (Language Other Than English)
• Science
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Dance
• Physics

Notable alumnae

• Darren Beadman: horse racing
  Horse racing
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   jockey
  Jockey
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• Zoe Foster: fashion journalist
• Nathan Hindmarsh
  Nathan Hindmarsh
  Nathan William Hindmarsh is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who captains the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League and the Australian Prime Minister's XIII...
  
  : NRL player
• Ian Hindmarsh
  Ian Hindmarsh
  Ian Hindmarsh is a retired Australian rugby league player. He played professionally in the National Rugby League for the Parramatta Eels and the Canberra Raiders as well as Catalans Dragons of the European Super League.Hindmarsh started his career with Parramatta before salary cap restrictions...
  
  : NRL player

See also

• List of Government schools in New South Wales
• Moss Vale
  Moss Vale, New South Wales
  Moss Vale is a town in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire. It has a population of 7,339 and is sited on the Illawarra Highway, which connects to Wollongong and the Illawarra coast via Macquarie Pass...