Ashfield Boys High School
Our vision is that every boy is inspired to achieve personal excellence and reach his full potential as a happy, resilient, connected and ethical man who is equipped to be a success and have a positive impact on the future.
The Ashfield Boys High School difference
A strong start
Our school welcomes all students from all backgrounds. We help every child feel safe, included and ready to learn from their very first day.
Growth in the classroom and beyond
We offer our students a wide range of subjects and opportunities. This empowers them to learn, develop skills, and discover their passions.
Support for every family
Our teachers and learning and wellbeing support teams work with our families. We co-design plans that help students learn in the way that works best for them.
Welcome to Ashfield Boys High School
Here We Decide
We are a school that proudly serves our Ashfield community. We offer a high-quality, Comprehensive education for Year 7 to Year 12 students. Join our school today!
Principal's message
Welcome to the Ashfield Boys High School website.
Our central goal is a simple one - we inspire boys to nurture their talents and reach their full potential. We achieve this goal through knowing each and every boy as an individual, and provide him with rich learning experiences that foster his passions and abilities.
Although our school motto "Here we Decide" was created over 50 years ago, it is still relevant to our philosophy and school culture today. We emphasise the values of effort, perseverance, service, teamwork and personal excellence. We believe that success is a choice and that every young man can achieve excellence with determination and hard work.
Boys enter our school as children in year 7, brimming with enthusiasm and potential. We work with each and every one as an individual so that they can grow into confident, successful young men, ready to make their positive contribution to the future. Our teachers are highly skilled and provide a stimulating environment that specifically caters to the learning needs of boys.
We are immensely proud of our school, the boys and their achievements. I encourage you to further explore our website to find out more about the many opportunities we offer.
Dwayne Hopwood
Principal
In the news
Revealed: The state’s most improved schools in the HSC
The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 March 2025 - 7:30pm
The principal at Ashfield Boys High is often asked how his comprehensive state school has achieved results that have helped catapult it up the HSC rankings over the past decade.
'Protecting a generation': School phone bans pass the test, say principals
The Daily Telegraph, 21 October 2024
One year on, the statewide ban on mobile phones in schools has been near universally hailed as a success with almost 90 per cent of principals claiming it has reduced classroom distractions.
Sydney's top-ranked school has an HSC average subject score of 89.4. How does your school fare
The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 August 2024 - 11.30am
Another single-sex school, Ashfield Boys, was among the most improved, recording significant gains in its combined average over five years. Principal Dwayne Hopwood attributes the upswing to a powerful shift in culture, setting high expectations and a sharp focus on reading skills from year 7.
How one school turned boys into happy book nerds
Financial Review, 4 November 2022
Dismal scores for reading and writing in NAPLAN among year 9 boys is a distant memory at Ashfield Boys High School where a tightly focused, individualised program has resulted in students who rack up more than 1 million words a year.
The program has resulted in the school elevating its NAPLAN results from just 10.7 per cent of year 9 students achieving in the top two bands in 2017, to 32.2 per cent this year.
Mr Hopwood sits down with the ABC in a features radio session.
One of the most improved schools in the last five years in the HSC has been Ashfield Boys in Sydney's Inner West. According to analysis published by the Sydney Morning Herld, the comprehensive school was averaging a 69.1 across all their subjects in 2019. Now it's averaging marks of 86.7 in all subjects ...
Community support program connecting generations
They may be generations apart, but a program in Sydney's Inner West is helping to connect people from the community.
It brings together people who need assistance with their grocery shopping and high school students who volunteer their time to help - and the students benefit just as much as the clients do.
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