Port Hacking High School is one of the largest secondary comprehensive schools in the Sutherland District and is known for its academic, student leadership, performing arts and sporting achievements.
The school attracts students from the St George and Sutherland areas. Demand for places is high and there are waiting lists for most years.
Port Hacking provides a stimulating and caring environment which produces young adults who have the intelligence, the skills, the confidence and the moral values to make the right choices in their lives.
Principal's Message
Principal Brett Hugo
Port Hacking High School has a proud history as the original coeducational high school in the Sutherland Shire. What sets Port Hacking apart is that the students exude a keen sense of motivation, a vivacious commitment, and a tenacious spirit, in developing their educational, sporting, creative, physical, social, moral and intellectual mindset. Student potential and their development is nurtured and challenged in a stimulating innovative educational environment, inspiring students to fulfil the tenet of the school motto ‘Ardentibus nil ardui’, to ‘Strive is to Achieve’.